Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: SLOW SLOW SLOW tar with 2.2.0 | Date | Tue, 2 Feb 1999 14:13:02 +0000 (GMT) |
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> > I've narrowed the problem specifically to tar, by gunzip-ing the > > file as a separate step. The "top" command doesn't show significant > > cpu or memory consumption. Could it be a problem with ext2fs? > > No. It's problem with RedHat. Just remove nis, nis+, etc from /etc/nsswitch.conf > and be happy.
The problem is a bit more general than just Red Hat. All the glibc distributions relied on local icmp errors from showing up the the nis/nis+ configuration entries. With icmp rate limiting this doesnt work so well any more.
The fix is right and goes for probably all glibc setups
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