[Octave-bug-tracker] [bug #45475] output calling "more" has 10 second delay?

[Nicholas Jankowski]

Follow-up Comment #17, bug #45475 (project octave):

This seems plausible and could be why the issue was so erratic. 

According to that page and another linked page [1]:
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Cygwin (which msys2 is based on) recently removed the need for /etc/passwd and
/etc/group and instead reads account information directly from Windows
database.
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According to many comments a workaround is:

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 Commenting out "db" from nsswitch.conf helps.
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But I have no idea what else this may affect in Octave's MSYS implementation.


If this is the case some version of the following should isolate noticeable
differences, correct? I'll try them out:

#1 - domain controlled PC on the network. Start Octave. rand(300). count the
seconds (or tic/toc i guess). close Octave.
#2 - disconnect domain controlled PC from network.  start Octave. rand(300).
count the seconds. close Octave.
#3 - have PC connected to network.  start octave. disconnect PC from network.
rand(300). count the seconds. close Octave.
#4 - disconnected PC. start Octave. connect PC to network. rand(300). count
the seconds. close octave.
#5 - #2 but after disconnecting disable the previously active network
adapter.
#6 - #3 but after disconnecting disable the previously active network
adapter.

I've cc'd tmacchant on this since I believe he has a bit more insight into the
windows build process and components. Hoping for an easy fix. It's been one of
those nagging issues for some time.  May let me take the 'more off' out of my
octaverc.

[1] https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/117

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