It first builds or opens the cache, then the depcache, which reads extended_states. Just reading extended_states may be inaccurate.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to apt in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1713219 Title: apt-mark showauto is slow Status in apt package in Ubuntu: Invalid Bug description: $ time apt-mark showmanual >/dev/null real 0m0.610s user 0m0.544s sys 0m0.024s When I run the command first time, it is even much slower. I could do the job in fraction of a time using dpkg-query and awk. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: apt 1.0.1ubuntu2.17 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.4.0-92.115~14.04.1-generic 4.4.76 Uname: Linux 4.4.0-92-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.25 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Aug 26 12:59:00 2017 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-09-21 (1070 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Studio 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140722.1) SourcePackage: apt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) modified.conffile..etc.cron.daily.apt: [modified] modified.conffile..etc.kernel.postinst.d.apt.auto.removal: [modified] mtime.conffile..etc.cron.daily.apt: 2017-05-03T10:27:27.617839 mtime.conffile..etc.kernel.postinst.d.apt.auto.removal: 2017-06-01T14:39:39.236080 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/1713219/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
