Ubuntu
update-notifier package

update-motd-updates-available wastes 1 second on every login by forking hundreds of /usr/bin/stat

Bug #1200044 reported by Anders Kaseorg
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update-notifier (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

The /usr/lib/update-notifier/update-motd-updates-available script executed on console logins is painfully slow, taking almost a second to run. Debugging reveals that this is because it forks /usr/bin/stat hundreds of times.

The entire NEED_UPDATE_CHECK logic can be replaced with a single call to find -newer, which speeds up the script by a factor of 20.

Related branches

lp:~andersk/update-notifier/lp1200044
Michael Vogt: Pending requested
Ubuntu Core Development Team: Pending requested
Diff: 66 lines (+14/-30)
1 file modified
data/update-motd-updates-available (+14/-30)
lp:update-notifier/ubuntu
Dennis Kaarsemaker: Pending requested
Diff: 0 lines
Brian Murray (brian-murray)
Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Medium
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package update-notifier - 0.142

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update-notifier (0.142) saucy; urgency=low

  [ Anders Kaseorg ]
  * update-motd-updates-available: Avoid forking hundreds of /usr/bin/stat
    (LP: #1200044)
 -- Michael Vogt <email address hidden> Mon, 15 Jul 2013 09:12:52 +0200

Changed in update-notifier (Ubuntu):
status: Triaged → Fix Released
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