gvfs-trash hogs resources

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1558768 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gvfs/+bug/1798828

Ubuntu LTS 16.04.6

118K files in trash gvfs-trash consumes both CPUs and 100% of available memory

"empty trash" goes into prepare phase, but nothing appears to happen, presumably because of the large number of files, so I closed the window by clicking the "X"

"rm -rf ~/.local/share/Trash/*"

nautilus window on "trash:///" goes dark for a long time, but eventually comes back to show Trash to be empty

opening the Trash icon (on the on the launch bar) shows it to be empty and both "restore" and "empty" buttons are greyed out, but the Trash icon still shows 'filled'

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