Comment 2 for bug 218213

I'm getting this on 8.10 Didn't do this initially clean install 2 days ago but has just started. This is what I did just before problem occured.
Marked a few of packages for installation.
Changed mind (closed synaptic rather than unmark)
restart synaptic.

Now maxes out CPU for about 5 mins when marking/unmarking/after installing/removing

2.6.27-9-generic,

I'm loosing this machine in a couple of days but I should be able to access over VPN so my responses may be delayed