'pkgfile -u' stuck using 100% CPU

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For a few days now, pkgile -u starts to run and keeps running (3h, e.g) stuck in a loop using 100% CPU.

Screenshot from 2022-03-31 09-21-18
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A small strace session shows:

rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, NULL, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, NULL, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
poll([{fd=15, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}], 2, 1000) = 2 ([{fd=15, revents=POLLIN}, {fd=14, revents=POLLIN}])
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, NULL, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
poll([{fd=15, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI|POLLRDNORM|POLLRDBAND}], 1, 0) = 1 ([{fd=15, revents=POLLIN|POLLRDNORM}])
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, NULL, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
poll([{fd=14, events=POLLIN|POLLPRI|POLLRDNORM|POLLRDBAND}], 1, 0) = 1 ([{fd=14, revents=POLLIN|POLLRDNORM}])
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, NULL, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, NULL, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, NULL, 8) = 0
poll([{fd=15, events=POLLIN}, {fd=14, events=POLLIN}], 2, 1000) = 2 ([{fd=15, revents=POLLIN}, {fd=14, revents=POLLIN}])
rt_sigaction(SIGPIPE, NULL, {sa_handler=SIG_IGN, sa_mask=[], sa_flags=SA_RESTORER, sa_restorer=0x7ffaa77ca560}, 8) = 0
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Is your system up to date?
You could try to stop/restart the service
systemctl stop pkgfile-update.service

Do a full update manually:
sudo pacman-mirrors -f5 && sudo pacman -Syyu

Reboot the system after that.
Some of this topics might help too Search results for 'pkgfile' - Manjaro Linux Forum

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Apparently, my system is updated.

Screenshot from 2022-04-01 09-26-22
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ok, so next reboot there should be no issue. The pkgfile-update.timer should trigger the pkgfile-update.service only once a day, and should not hog the CPU.

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