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  1. Bug #131983
  2. Comment #43

Comment 43 for bug 131983

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Eric S. Raymond (esr-thyrsus) wrote : Re: [Bug 131983] Re: [gutsy] trackerd kills disk io

gcc <email address hidden>:
> On our first Gutsy system I discovered trackerd eating 100% cpu... by
> sitting in a loop of continuous SIGSEGV. Catching SIGSEGV is usually a
> bad idea, and then reinstalling the signal handler is even worse. Please
> fix that.

I had the same experience. trackerd is a nasty hog, and it's a pain
having to kill it every time I boot. Even turning off every coverage
option I can find doesn't stop it from overwhelming my CPU -- and the
fact that I can't find whatever way there may be to disable it is
itself a bug.

Yes, this is under 7.10 kept current.
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  <a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>