latest 8.1 hangs on xpt_config

[Daniel Braniss]

It seems that the latest changes (last 7 days) introduced this problem:
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run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 60 seconds for xpt_config
run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 120 seconds for xpt_config
run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 180 seconds for xpt_config
run_interrupt_driven_hooks: still waiting after 240 seconds for xpt_config
...

i'll try to hunt this down, but any help is welcome.

danny