Same bug here. It's taking 100% of one of the the cores (HP Compaq laptop, Core 2 Duo around 3 years old, basic Natty). It happens some time after I kill it, over and over...
Here is an screenshot of htop http://i.imgur.com/HKzBD.png Should I/we report it as a new bug? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/363695 Title: update-apt-xapian-index uses too much CPU To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/apt/+bug/363695/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
