This happens when enabling compressed indexes (which ubuntu3 now does by default), I can reproduce this here.
** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => High ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress ** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Martin Pitt (pitti) -- [Natty] apt_0.8.8ubuntu3 seriously slows down synaptic https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/675641 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs