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pygtk package

  1. Bug #664920
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Comment 2 for bug 664920

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Antoine Martin (antoine-nagafix) wrote : Re: 100% CPU usage when calling a child process from a python script

Here is the upstream bug:
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=640738

I have tested the fix and it works. I believe Debian has already merged a patch for pygtk 2.17, Ubuntu should probably fix all versions, not just natty, as this affects maverick at least (I can confirm) and probably also lucid (I have not tested).

It also affects virt-manager (and probably many other applications):
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pygtk/+bug/707313