Bug#801860: /bin/journalctl: journalctl --list-boots is too slow and memory hungry

[Edward Allcutt]

On Thu, 15 Oct 2015, Michael Biebl wrote:
> Can you move /var/log/journal away for testing purposes (don't delete
> the journal files!) and create a fresh /var/log/journal directory.
> Then do a couple of reboots. Is the speed reasonable then?
> Maybe there is something specific about those journal files which break
> journalctl. In that case, would you be willing to share those journal files?

Hmph, this now seems unreproducible.

I did:
  - Confirm journalctl --list-boots still hangs
  - mv journal oldjournal
  - install -d -g systemd-journal /var/log/journal
  - reboot (twice)
  - journalctl --list-boots (now works, shows 2 boots)
  - restore oldjournal
  - journalctl --list-boots (now works, shows 8 boots)

bleh

I think you may as well close this as unreproducible and it if comes up 
again I'll try to attack it with a debugger without rebooting.

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Edward Allcutt