Bug#1133971: With 10+ apt_preferences(5) globs pinned, "apt show mg" is much slower than "apt-cache show mg"
"Trent W. Buck" <[email protected]> Fri, 17 Apr 2026 11:20:32 +1000
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On 17/4/26 03:52, Julian Andres Klode wrote: >> Is the new CLI (/bin/apt) loading apt_preferences(5) when it does not need to? > it needs to; it shows pinning. Fair enough. I suspected this, but didn't work it out on my own. Based on this & my current understanding that globs/regexps are slow, but "Package: *" or "Package: exact-name" are fast, I am OK with closing or wontfixing this ticket.