Mine runs fast when there’s nothing to be found: debian@beaglebone:/var/lib/cloud9$ time apt search abcxyz Sorting... Done Full Text Search... Done
real 0m11.625s user 0m10.423s sys 0m0.482s But slower when it does get results: debian@beaglebone:/var/lib/cloud9$ time apt search vile Sorting... Done Full Text Search... Done bubblewrap/stable 0.3.1-4 armhf setuid wrapper for unprivileged chroot and namespace manipulation calife/stable 1:3.0.1-5 armhf Provides super user privileges to specific users <list of about 20 more results omitted> real 1m20.150s user 1m16.055s sys 0m2.485s Although no where near as long as OP. > On Feb 2, 2021, at 7:13 AM, Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: > > Chris Green <c...@isbd.net> wrote: >> That's interesting, it looks as if there is some sort of bug/oddity on >> the BBB then. It does seem to affect some other things as well, my >> BBB feels a lot slower in general than previous incarnations were. >> Maybe I'll try an older Debian and see if it acts the same. >> > The problem isn't unique to the BBB/Debian, I've found quite a few > other people with similar issues where parts of apt take a very long > time. > > The time taken seems to relate to how many hits there are in the > search! If you search for something that doesn't exist it takes (on > my BBB) about 30 seconds:- > > chris@beaglebone$ time apt search xyzabc > Sorting... Done > Full Text Search... Done > > real 0m27.532s > user 0m26.315s > sys 0m1.035s > > Searching for something that has three hits takes longer:- > > chris@beaglebone$ time apt search xvile > Sorting... Done > Full Text Search... Done > vile-common/stable,now 9.8t-1 all [installed,automatic] > VI Like Emacs - support files for vile/xvile > > vile-filters/stable,now 9.8t-1 armhf [installed] > VI Like Emacs - highlighting filters for vile/xvile > > xvile/stable 9.8t-1 armhf > VI Like Emacs - vi work-alike (X11) > > > real 1m2.063s > user 0m59.874s > sys 0m1.862s > > > Searching for just 'vile' produces quite a lot of hits because there's quite > a few packages > with the word 'privilege' in them, so it takes around four minutes. > > > A workaround is to use 'apt-cache search' instead:- > > chris@beaglebone$ time apt-cache search vile > bubblewrap - setuid wrapper for unprivileged chroot and namespace > manipulation > calife - Provides super user privileges to specific users > chiark-really - really - a tool for gaining privilege (simple, realistic > sudo) > cups-pk-helper - PolicyKit helper to configure cups with fine-grained > privileges > fakeroot - tool for simulating superuser privileges > libfakeroot - tool for simulating superuser privileges - shared libraries > gssproxy - Privilege separation daemon for GSSAPI > libkf5su5 - Integration with su for elevated privileges. > lacme - ACME client written with process isolation and minimal privileges > in mind > libprivileges-drop-perl - module to make it simple to drop all privileges > libutempter-dev - privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates (development) > libutempter0 - privileged helper for utmp/wtmp updates (runtime) > policykit-1 - framework for managing administrative policies and privileges > privbind - Allow unprivileged apps to bind to a privileged port > libpseudo - advanced tool for simulating superuser privileges > pseudo - advanced tool for simulating superuser privileges > python-oslo.privsep - OpenStack library for privilege separation - Python > 2.7 > python-oslo.privsep-doc - OpenStack library for privilege separation - doc > python3-oslo.privsep - OpenStack library for privilege separation - Python > 3.x > slirp4netns - User-mode networking for unprivileged network namespaces > sudo - Provide limited super user privileges to specific users > sudo-ldap - Provide limited super user privileges to specific users > vile - VI Like Emacs - vi work-alike > vile-common - VI Like Emacs - support files for vile/xvile > vile-filters - VI Like Emacs - highlighting filters for vile/xvile > xvile - VI Like Emacs - vi work-alike (X11) > weborf - Fast and small webserver meant to be run without root privileges > libyubikey-udev - udev rules for unprivileged access to YubiKeys > zulupolkit - handler the polkit privileges > > real 0m21.826s > user 0m20.697s > sys 0m0.944s > chris@beaglebone$ > > That's not affected by the number of hits:- > > chris@beaglebone$ time apt-cache search xvile > vile-common - VI Like Emacs - support files for vile/xvile > vile-filters - VI Like Emacs - highlighting filters for vile/xvile > xvile - VI Like Emacs - vi work-alike (X11) > > real 0m21.663s > user 0m20.614s > sys 0m0.924s > > > > > -- > Chris Green > · > > -- > For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "BeagleBoard" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to beagleboard+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beagleboard/o8sneh-eb5.ln1%40esprimo.zbmc.eu. -- For more options, visit http://beagleboard.org/discuss --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "BeagleBoard" group. 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