Octave-2.0.12:mips-sgi-irix6.2:Long wait on first use of function file

[Billinghurst, David]

I have just installed octave-2.0.12 on a mips-sgi-irix6.2 machine using
egcs-1.0.2

Problem

On the first call of a function in a function file, there is a 40s wait
with one CPU (of 4) running at 99% utilisation.
Is this normal?
The loadpath looks OK, and there are only the files from the
distribution in it.

Example:

cru200:33%octave
Octave, version 2.0.12 (mips-sgi-irix6.2).
Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, 1998 John W. Eaton.
This is free software with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
For details, type `warranty'.

octave:1> LOADPATH
LOADPATH =
.:/usr/local/libexec/octave/site/oct/mips-sgi-irix6.2//:/usr/local/share
/octave/site/m//:/usr/local/libexec/octave/2.0.12/oct/mips-sgi-irix6.2//
:/usr/local/share/octave/2.0.12/m//
octave:2> t=time()
t = 895020870
octave:3> ctime(t)
ans = Wed May 13 10:54:30 1998

octave:4> ctime(t)
ans = Wed May 13 10:54:30 1998

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