Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:41:23 +0100 | From | Kurt Garloff <> | Subject | Re: Tar slow |
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On Thu, Jan 07, 1999 at 08:44:11AM +1000, Peter Waltenberg wrote: > If redhat disable nis. (/etc/nsswitch.conf) > > Also tar is MUCH slower if the owner of the tar'd files doesn't have an account on your system. > (Bug in tar, but give torvalds UID 1046 GID 1046 an account and watch things fly). > Quite amusing really , Linux builds much faster if the machine is torvalds friendly ;). > > That has to be about the funniest bug in GNU-Linux yet. > > I wonder what happens if we give "stallman" an account ? Does the machine slow to a crawl while > it argues the ethics of free software with you ? > > The tar from "paxutils" hopefully has this bug fixed, but it's still in beta.
What about adding this to the Kernel-FAQ?
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