Using the apt backend you quite often get the error message
"The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!"
which stops the operation. If you choose a long operation, e.g.
"all packages" in gpk-application and you get this error then
the gui is unusable for a couple of minutes as the "Package"
signals from your request are being emitted, so if you choose
a category then more packages are shown than what is in this
category.
One of my comments from the Ubuntu bug report:
"I can reproduce it reliably enough searching for a package in
gpk-application that I could investigate more.
Running the backend in debug mode shows that each time it is in
the
DEBUG:Check apt cache and xapian database
phase when it gives the error.
Presumably this machine takes a little too long to open the databases,
leading to the error."
Hi,
Using the apt backend you quite often get the error message
"The backend took too much time to process the synchronous request - you need to fork!"
which stops the operation. If you choose a long operation, e.g.
"all packages" in gpk-application and you get this error then
the gui is unusable for a couple of minutes as the "Package"
signals from your request are being emitted, so if you choose
a category then more packages are shown than what is in this
category.
One of my comments from the Ubuntu bug report:
"I can reproduce it reliably enough searching for a package in
gpk-application that I could investigate more.
Running the backend in debug mode shows that each time it is in
the
DEBUG:Check apt cache and xapian database
phase when it gives the error.
Presumably this machine takes a little too long to open the databases,
leading to the error."
Originally reported at
https:/ /bugs.launchpad .net/bugs/ 272410
Thanks,
James