Re: Infinite loop in mdate-sh

[James Youngman]

On Tue, Jun 07, 2005 at 01:32:57PM +0200, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> make[2]: Entering directory `/home/vlefevre/software/findutils/doc'
> 
> ps says in particular:
> 
> vlefevre 21409 21408 99 13:30 pts/10   00:00:46 /bin/sh ./mdate-sh ./find.texi
> 
> This process takes 100% CPU time.

I can't explain that.  The mdate-sh command contains no loops (at
least at the Bource shell source level).

Can you reproduce the problem?  Can you preproduce it wile using thr
"-x" option of /bin/sh to capture what it's doing?

Do ltrace or strace on the "stuck" process reveal what it's doing?

Regards,
James.