Re: shell-command-on-region takes 60 secs and huge memory for simple process
|--==> "DMK" == David M Karr <dmkarr(a)earthlink.net> writes:
DMK> Well, I went ahead and just upgraded to 21.4.4, following the instructions on
DMK> the web site. I got to "List & Install", and still got a
backtrace, which
DMK> follows.
DMK> Versions:
DMK> emacs-version: "21.4 (patch 4) \"Artificial Intelligence\" XEmacs
Lucid"
DMK> efs-version: "1.20pre2/1.63"
DMK> ------------------------------
DMK> Signaling: (error "Package-get database file
`/anonymous＠ftp.xemacs.org:/pub/xemacs/packages/package-index.LATEST.pgp' not
readable")
David, are you behind a firewall by any chance?
I think if you
(setq efs-use-passive-mode t)
Your problems hopefully will go away.
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