From owner-freebsd-bugs Tue Dec 2 17:20:09 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA22858 for bugs-outgoing; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 17:20:09 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-bugs) Received: (from gnats@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id RAA22843; Tue, 2 Dec 1997 17:20:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from gnats) Date: Tue, 2 Dec 1997 17:20:05 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <199712030120.RAA22843@hub.freebsd.org> To: freebsd-bugs Cc: From: Wolfram Schneider Subject: Re: bin/5193: Long rebuild times for pwd_mkdb with large master.passwd files Reply-To: Wolfram Schneider Sender: owner-freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.ORG X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk The following reply was made to PR bin/5193; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Wolfram Schneider To: nick@foobar.org Cc: FreeBSD-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: bin/5193: Long rebuild times for pwd_mkdb with large master.passwd files Date: 03 Dec 1997 02:01:40 +0100 nick@foobar.org writes: > As you can see, the rebuild time decreases assymptotically. > Is there any interest in putting this into the default distribution? BSDI has a similar fix for the problem. FreeBSD should use the same option name and semantic as BSDI. See the pwd_mkdb manpage at www.bsdi.com . -- Wolfram Schneider http://www.apfel.de/~wosch/