Re: slow tar (was DHCP)

thomasz@hostmaster.org
Tue, 15 Dec 1998 21:00:15 +0100

> 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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