Re: SLOW SLOW SLOW tar with 2.2.0

Khimenko Victor (khim@sch57.msk.ru)
Tue, 2 Feb 1999 15:53:38 +0300 (MSK)


In <795muk$sbv$1@venn.bc.ca> Robert Broughton (altnews@uniserve.com) wrote:
> I've also experienced the "slow tar" problem with 2.2.1. I had this
> problem with early 2.1.x releases, then went away ca. 2.1.86.

> 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.

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