perl module install hanging on getdents64

[Jared K. Smith]

On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Simon Smith <simongsmith at gmail.com> wrote:
> I can't install perl modules.  I've tried with several, and when I do "perl
> Makefile.PL", it just hangs at "Checking if your kit is complete...".  When
> I do an strace, it seems like its hanging on getdents64 (last few lines at
> bottom of this email).

Very interesting... that's the same function that is causing httpd to
hang for some people, as noted here:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=651861

Not really sure what that means, but I do find it interesting that
they're both hanging on the same system call.

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Jared Smith
Fedora Project Leader