aptitude update -> appstreamcli uses 100% cpu
Bug #1583829 reported by
Vasya Pupkin
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #1579712: Refresh hangs indefinitely, appstreamcli using 100% CPU.
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appstream (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I started aptitude and hit "u" to update package list. It stuck on "Loading cache" screen. I checked processes tree and found out aptitude was waiting for /usr/bin/
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 16.04
Package: appstream 0.9.4-1
Uname: Linux 4.6.0-040600-
ApportVersion: 2.20.1-0ubuntu2
Architecture: amd64
CurrentDesktop: Unity
Date: Fri May 20 01:52:53 2016
EcryptfsInUse: Yes
InstallationDate: Installed on 2016-05-01 (18 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20160420.1)
SourcePackage: appstream
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
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So, I just purged appstream package (along with dependencies up to ubuntu-software) and everything works perfect again.