#12 (Phillip Weissenbacher's) solution worked for me! - https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/398870/comments/12
I don't know how much good the dpkg --merge-avail "$x" did, but making a copy of "/var/lib/dpkg/info" to defragment it did take a few minutes to complete, and afterwards the "reading database" was MUCH faster! -- "Reading Database" takes too long https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398870 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
