On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, with server of 512MB RAM, the apt-check
is using up to 250 memory and cause my system to un-usable every night, e.g.
ps ax | grep apt
14895 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14896 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14899 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14902 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14906 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14912 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14913 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14914 ? DN 0:01 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14915 ? DN 0:01 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14916 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14917 ? DN 0:01 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
14920 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
15299 ? DN 0:01 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
15302 ? DN 0:02 /usr/bin/python /usr/lib/update-notifier/apt-check --human-readable
16368 pts/0 D+ 0:00 grep apt
What the heck this script is running multiple time and eating my system resource? There is a bug here [1] which is confirmed but without any resolution. I am a little surprised that this bug is critical and exists in the LTS, sigh...
Anyway, Not sure when the ubuntu team is able to fix, Any idea how to do it by us?
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/update-notifier/+bug/746508