On Sat, 25 Nov 1995 15:13:57 -0600 
 Ron Roskens <roskens@cs.umn.edu> wrote:

 > I've noticed the "ls" problem on a pc running NetBSD. Its a problem that sits
 > inside the getgrent() function. Take the + out of /etc/group and watching
 > things dramatically speed up.

In this case, it's not the performance of the NetBSD getgrent() that's in 
question.  It's worth noting that a native NetBSD ls(1) works peachy, but 
the HP-UX ls(1) has performance problems.  Now that I'm back from my 
Thanksgiving holiday, I'll be looking into it again.

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