From: Eric Wong Date: 2017-12-09T00:12:29+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:84139] getpwnam and friends + GVL A lot of these functions in Etc and also used for $HOME resolution require opening /etc/passwd or /etc/group, so Basically the same problem as readdir(3) I wrote about in http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-core/83808 (My /etc/ is on a slow rotating disk) Unsubscribe: