Quoting James Cameron (quozl at us.netrek.org):
> Yes, I have one.  I agree.  Feel free to change the code if you get a
> moment.  Note that the installation scripts "touch $LIBDIR/.nocount"
> 
> I've looked at an strace.  I need to make an ltrace next.  The strace
> suggests an issue with /etc/nsswitch.conf line that I recall as a known
> issue with Red Hat Linux V6.2 ... "hosts:      files nisplus nis dns"
> 
> If Bob isn't using NIS I'll ask him to remove that.

Sage is stand-alone, so I changed the /etc/nsswitch.conf to reflex that.

hosts:      files dns

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