This bug was fixed in the package dpkg - 1.18.4ubuntu1.2 --------------- dpkg (1.18.4ubuntu1.2) xenial; urgency=medium
* Cherry-pick patch from git to limit preallocation to files over 16KiB, fixing installation performance regression (LP: #1663749) -- Adam Conrad <adcon...@ubuntu.com> Mon, 10 Apr 2017 04:08:19 -0600 ** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu Xenial) Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663749 Title: Backport "libdpkg: Only preallocate disk size for files bigger than 16 KiB". To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/dpkg/+bug/1663749/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs