Backport "libdpkg: Only preallocate disk size for files bigger than 16 KiB".
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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dpkg |
Fix Released
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Unknown
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dpkg (Ubuntu) |
Fix Released
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High
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Unassigned | ||
Xenial |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
Yakkety |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Unassigned |
Bug Description
Please backport upstream dpkg patch "libdpkg: Only preallocate disk size for files bigger than 16 KiB" to xenial, yakkety, and zesty versions of dpkg.
dpkg 1.17.11 commit "dpkg: Try to preallocate the disk size for extracted files" causes installs of packages with many small files to be slow. https:/
This was fixed in dpkg 1.18.15 with "libdpkg: Only preallocate disk size for files bigger than 16 KiB". https:/
trusty dpkg is based off 1.17.5 and is not affected. xenial dpkg based off 1.18.4, yakkety dpkg based off 1.18.10, and zesty dpkg based off 1.18.10 need the fix.
Changed in dpkg: | |
status: | Unknown → Fix Released |
tags: | added: yakkety zesty |
tags: | added: xenial |
Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.