This patch solves the problem. Users should be aware that disabling fsync compromises durability (i.e. system crashes can corrupt your database). The relevant liferea bug is https://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=2216604&group_id=87005&atid=581684
I think there is some development going on to circumvent this in future releases by making writes asynchronous. ** Patch added: "enabling pragma synchronous = off" http://launchpadlibrarian.net/49076158/async.patch -- Liferea stalling, uses excessive number of fsyncs https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/290666 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