After N calls(which does a checkpoint()), reset the counter.

ChangeLog

@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sun Jan  7 14:31:38 CST 2001 Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
+
+  * lib/dbmodify.c: After N calls(which does a checkpoint()), reset
+    the counter.
+
 Sun Jan  7 14:27:57 CST 2001 Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
 
   * include/dpkg-db.h:  Forgot the status-pipe struct.

lib/dbmodify.c

@@ -260,7 +260,10 @@ void modstatdb_note(struct pkginfo *pkg) {
 
   nextupdate++;  
 
-  if (nextupdate > MAXUPDATES) checkpoint();
+  if (nextupdate > MAXUPDATES) {
+    checkpoint();
+    nextupdate= 0;
+  }
 
   createimptmp();