Re: shell-command-on-region takes 60 secs and huge memory for simple process

APA> Please upgrade your net-utils package via APA> Options -> Manage Packages -> Add Download Site -> xemacs.org APA> Options -> Manage Packages -> Update Package Index APA> Options -> Manage Packages -> List & Install APA> so that your bug reports will get sent to APA> xemacs-beta(a)xemacs.org, where more XEmacs developers hang APA> out. David> This is slightly off-topic, but my menu path to get to David> those options is slightly different, and I can't get it to David> work. Perhaps there is a transient network problem. When David> I execute "List & Install" after the first two, I get the David> following: David> Signaling: (error "Package-get database file `/anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp' not readable") David> signal(error ("Package-get database file `/anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp' not readable")) Odd, I was able to update the index just now. Steve, what do you make of this? Any permission problems? David> This is odd, because the "Update Package Index" operation David> completed, apparently successfully. It brought up a "File David> Save" dialog, pointing to the "etc" directory, and I OKed David> that. I also just tried doing a manual ftp of that file, David> and it also worked fine. Hmmh, would you have the details still? Perhaps you can find the specific paths involved via M-x show-message-log Here is my transaction: Generating summary...done Love Big Brother Opening FTP connection to ftp.xemacs.org... Logging in as user anonymous... Logging in as user anonymous...done Getting pwd... Getting pwd...done CWD'ing to /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/... CWD'ing to /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/...done Listing /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/... Listing /anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/...done <lines deleted by Adrian> Got 90 package-get database entries Updated package-get database Wrote c:\Users\AichnerAd\.xemacs\package-index.LATEST.pgp David> My menu path is "Tools -> Packages -> (the same)". I David> assume this is because of an XEmacs version difference David> (21.4.3 here). Yes, I keep forgetting the menu changed. Also, saving under ~\.xemacs\package-index.LATEST.pgp may be new. You could also try a site other than xemacs.org. Try one of the mirrors in the country of your ISP. Hope this helps, Adrian David> -- David> =================================================================== David> David M. Karr ; Best Consulting David> dmkarr(a)earthlink.net ; Java/Unix/XML/C++/X ; BrainBench CJ12P (#12004) -- Adrian Aichner mailto:adrian＠xemacs.org http://www.xemacs.org/