Messages in this thread | | | From | thomasz@hostmast ... | Date | Tue, 15 Dec 1998 21:00:15 +0100 | Subject | Re: slow tar (was DHCP) |
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> Somone on the list straced tar, and determined that it makes some sort > [strange?] name, or user resolution call, and hangs up on it till a > timeout happens. Why? Who knows. Why only tar? Well.... (i.e > why not RPM as well?)
The mentioned problem only occurs on libc6 aka glibc based systems because of a broken /etc/nsswitch.conf. For every file tar times out waiting for a NIS response.
Thomas
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