This bug was fixed in the package dpkg - 1.18.10ubuntu1.1
--------------- dpkg (1.18.10ubuntu1.1) yakkety; urgency=medium
* Cherry-pick patch from git to limit preallocation to files over 16KiB, fixing installation performance regression (LP: #1663749)
-- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:08:19 -0600
This bug was fixed in the package dpkg - 1.18.10ubuntu1.1
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dpkg (1.18.10ubuntu1.1) yakkety; urgency=medium
* Cherry-pick patch from git to limit preallocation to files over
16KiB, fixing installation performance regression (LP: #1663749)
-- Adam Conrad <email address hidden> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:08:19 -0600