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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Simon,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To test if it’s AD try (in case my other email didn’t get through):</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p style='mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:0in;margin-left:.5in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>Ø<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]><span style='font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>you may be hitting a long standing issue some computers have in which the domain controller is being hit for every invocation of commands, causing a slowdown <a href="https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/138">https://github.com/Alexpux/MSYS2-packages/issues/138</a> , Solution 2 from <a href="https://gist.github.com/k-takata/9b8d143f0f3fef5abdab">https://gist.github.com/k-takata/9b8d143f0f3fef5abdab</a> seems to fix it for most people.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Cheers,</p><p class=MsoNormal>Tamar</p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:ghc-devs@haskell.org">Simon Peyton Jones via ghc-devs</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, June 28, 2016 13:47<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:david.macek.0@gmail.com">David Macek</a>; <a href="mailto:tamar@zhox.com">tamar@zhox.com</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:ghc-devs@haskell.org">ghc-devs@haskell.org</a><br><b>Subject: </b>RE: msys2 64 bit: help help!</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal>David, Tamar</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Thanks for your help. I'm a bit further forward.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>| > 1. I just left the machine for 10-15 mins and lo! the shell windows</p><p class=MsoNormal>| opened up. It just took a loooong time.</p><p class=MsoNormal>| </p><p class=MsoNormal>| I could be something with Active Directory. Cygwin (upon which is</p><p class=MsoNormal>| MSYS2 based) integrates with AD, but there are numerous (google-able)</p><p class=MsoNormal>| reports of huge slowdowns related to this.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>| > 4. As you mention, I then tried msys2_shell.cmd. It worked -- with</p><p class=MsoNormal>| a noticeable delay of 5 seconds or so.</p><p class=MsoNormal>|</p><p class=MsoNormal>| May still be AD-related.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let's suppose it is AD. Do you have any idea what I can do about it?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>| If the post-install script for `filesystem` were able to run, it would</p><p class=MsoNormal>| inform you that `*_shell.bat` are deprecated and were removed. I see</p><p class=MsoNormal>| you have `msys2-launcher-git` installed -- you can then use</p><p class=MsoNormal>| `C:\msys64\mingw64.exe` (and even pin it to the taskbar).</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OK... so forget msys2_shell.cmd and use mingw64.exe instead. I'll try that.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>| > * how can I debug what's happening with</p><p class=MsoNormal>| > that long delay</p><p class=MsoNormal>| </p><p class=MsoNormal>| `/etc/nsswitch.conf` allows for some configuration. See</p><p class=MsoNormal>| <https://cygwin.com/cygwin-ug-net/ntsec.html#ntsec-mapping-nsswitch-</p><p class=MsoNormal>| pwdgrp>.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>OK.. I see that page. Now what? What might I do with nsswitch.conf that might help fix or give insight?</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simon</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>ghc-devs mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>ghc-devs@haskell.org</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://mail.haskell.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/ghc-devs</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>