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From: Bruce Campbell <bruce@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
Subject: Re: kern/75855: getpwent functions on 5.3 with large password file
	extremely slow
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The following reply was made to PR kern/75855; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Bruce Campbell <bruce@engmail.uwaterloo.ca>
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Subject: Re: kern/75855: getpwent functions on 5.3 with large password file extremely slow
Date: Wed,  5 Jan 2005 14:28:25 -0500

 I have a workaround.
 
 I copied /usr/src/lib/libc/gen/getpwent.c from a 4.7 system onto
 the 5.3 system,  and then remade and installed libc.
 
 Load average on our mail server went from 70 to 2.
 
 -- 
 Bruce Campbell
 Engineering Computing
 CPH-2374B
 University of Waterloo
 (519)888-4567 ext 5889
 
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