update-apt-xapian-index maxes CPU

[Vallery Lancey]

Binary package hint: apt-xapian-index

update-apt-xapian-index frequently maxes the CPU for about a minute. This happens after some updates, and after closing the software centre (even if nothing was installed or removed).

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: apt-xapian-index 0.41ubuntu6
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-8.42-generic 2.6.38.2
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-8-generic i686
Architecture: i386
Date: Fri Apr 22 14:28:57 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Beta i386 (20110410)
PackageArchitecture: all
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
 LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt-xapian-index
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Serhiy (xintx-ua)]

Can I make it run with less priority? Somehow set nice level for it not for one session but for every startup?

[another_sam (anothersam)]

Reading
http://www.enricozini.org/sw/apt-xapian-index/
I think it is totally impertinent to have this process wildly riding the CPU.

If this is pretending to keep Ubuntu Software Center running properly, I think this is not the right approach. What happened to the good ol' apt-get update?

Please don't plague Ubuntu with this kind of indexers. The only unasked task I want my PC to do is the update-manager looking for updates, once each 24h, during 30 seconds.

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.