apt-get upgrade & gconftool-2

[Lee Revell]

On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 16:05 +0100, Vincent Trouilliez wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 00:10 -0500, Lee Revell wrote:
> > Whenver I apt-get upgrade dapper and any Gnome packages get upgraded it
> > takes FOREVER, like an hour to upgrade ~50 packages, due to gconftool-2
> > sucking massive amounts of CPU.  This used to be really fast.
> 
> 
> I have the exact same problem, glad to see it's not just me. I can't
> remember when it started doing it, but I think it's quite recent, maybe
> a week or two, something like that.
> Given the visibility and impact of that bug, the devs sure noticed it
> and are working on it... well I hope, but better make sure the bug is
> filed in Malone...

Unless the devs are all running screaming fast machines... I find that
severe performance regressions often get missed for this reason.

Sorry, I'm new to this list - I guess Malone is the bug tracker?  What's
the URL?

Lee