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apt-xapian-index package

  1. Bug #363695
  2. Comment #6

Comment 6 for bug 363695

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Vincenzo Ciancia (vincenzo-ml) wrote : Re: [Bug 363695] Re: update-apt-xapian-index uses too much CPU

Il giorno gio, 28/05/2009 alle 19.06 +0000, Pelládi Gábor ha scritto:
> At least
> can somebody tell me why we need this background process at all? Can I
> uninstall it, without breaking functionality?

The program is described in apt-cache show as supporting the index of
packages that you see when you use "add/remove" from the applications
menu in the gnome panel. I uninstalled it and nothing bad happened (I
use synaptic or apt to install/uninstall applications).