>On Tue, 2006-09-05 at 16:04 +0100, Tim Waugh wrote: >> You're comparing different grep package releases (RHEL 4 vs FC 3), with >> different patches, so it's hard to know what to take from the test >> results. >> >> Try comparing the same grep packages (name-version-release) so that you >> know the same patches have been applied on both machines. >> >> Tim. >> */ > >Check your LANG environment variable. > >I found that with a utf locale (eg 'en_IE.UTF-8'), many grep patterns >became incredibly slow. Setting my locale to 'C' fixed the issue. I >didn't have time to investigate further. I had up2date'd grep on the Opteron system before I saw this msg, and the problem then disappeared, but it was also present on a Centos box running the un-up2date'd grep, and disappeared when I switched $LANG from en_GB.UTF-8 to C. Looks like the update has fixed the locale-sensitivity problem. Thanks everyone! Cheers, Terry. > >Matt Davey When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave >mcdavey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx up reading. - Henny Youngman. > >-- >fedora-list mailing list >fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list >
