RE: SLOW SLOW SLOW tar with 2.2.0

Brian Schau (bsc@fleggaard.dk)
Fri, 29 Jan 1999 08:01:45 +0100


Yes! You have to remove all instances of NIS in /etc/nsswitch.conf if you
don't run NIS/NIS+ ...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mike A. Harris [mailto:mharris@ican.net]
> Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 1:32 AM
> To: Linux Kernel mailing list
> Subject: SLOW SLOW SLOW tar with 2.2.0
>
>
> I just downloaded the Linux gazette, all of the targz files at
> the lg ftp site, and proceeded to untar them. It is taking
> forever for EACH file to untar. When I say each file, I don't
> mean each tarball, but rather each file IN the tarball.
>
> I just thought I'd post this since I remember seeing somehting
> about slow tar speed somewhere before too.
>
> Other than this one slow thing, 2.2.0 *FLIES* on my machine,
> everything works fairly well, and is much more responsive
> IMHO. Good work everyone!
>
> TTYL
>
>
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