Re: sed hangs on solaris

[Paul Eggert]

> 21663:        execve("/usr/gnu/bin/sed", 0x08067DA8, 0x08073BA0)  argc = 91
> ...
> 21665:        execve("/usr/gnu/bin/sed", 0x08073508, 0x08073BA0)  argc = 81
> ...
> 21667:        execve("/usr/gnu/bin/sed", 0x080739E4, 0x08073BB4)  argc = 33
> ...
> 21665:        read(0, 0xFEF59FD8, 1024)       (sleeping...)
> 21667:        read(0, 0x08092254, 5120)       (sleeping...)
> 21663:        write(1, 0x080A6754, 5120)      (sleeping...)

So, we have (sed X | sed Y | sed Z), and sed X is sleeping waiting
for its write to finish, while sed Y is sleeping waiting for its
read to finish.  I'm not sure, but this would appear to be
a kernel bug in Solaris 11.

It is suspicious that the 0xFEF59FD8 differs so markedly from the
0x08092254, and that the 1024 differs from the 5120; I wonder why
that is?  sed Y and sed Z are doing essentially the same thing:
waiting for stdin at startup.

Do you get the same problem with the /usr/bin/sed?