Re: Tar slow
Kurt Garloff (K.Garloff@ping.de)
Fri, 8 Jan 1999 11:41:23 +0100
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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