Why is rpm -qa | grep openoffice.org2 soooo slow?

[Lars]

Panu Matilainen wrote:

> On Tue, 15 Feb 2005, Panu Matilainen wrote:
>>
>> Ahhah... This most likely has to do with rpm 4.4's automatic gpg key
>> retrieval feature - I bet it's accessing network at that point and timing
>> out because firewalls or such.
> 
> Here's JBJ's original announcement about the feature, examples of the
> performance hit it causes and how to disable it:
> https://lists.dulug.duke.edu/pipermail/rpm-devel/2004-November/000146.html
> 
>  - Panu -
> 

thanks.
fired up ethereal, and it looks like its really getting gpg data from a
server named cryptonomicon.mit.edu.

best
        lars