Bug#141814: libc6-2.2.5-4 takes ages to deconfigure a network device

[GOTO Masanori <gotom@debian.or.jp>]

> Package: libc6
> Version: 2.2.5-4
> Severity: important
> 
> With this version of libc6 two of my systems take ages (about 1 minute) to
> deconfigure their network device. It works as expected with
> libc6-2.2.5-3.
> 
> Relevant specs: both have a LAN-Card with via-rhine chip, Athlon processor,
> IDE and SCSI drives.
> 
> I use nis and nfs and a custom 2.4.18-kernel (compiled from the
> kernel-source-deb). What really irritated me was this (where it waited
> long before and after the "portmap"-Message):
> 
> Deconfiguring Network Devices: portmap: server localhost not responding
> done
> 
> I modified the /etc/init.d/networking script to write all processes to a
> file and no portmap was running.
> 
> A third computer with two network devices (one 3com and one via-rhine)
> worked flawlessly with the new libc-Version.

Is this proble still alive in the current sid?  Unless you still mind
with this issue, I close this bug.

Regards,
-- gotom