Re: Piping sed stalls on OpenSolaris 2010.03

[Bruno Haible]

Hi Mats,

> ... OpenSolaris 2010.03
> using snv_134, since "make" as well as "gmake" stalls at
> 
>   GEN unistd.h
> 
>   GEN wchar.h
> ...
> The problem is that "modules/unistd" and "modules/wchar" are, as sole
> modules, implementing a rewrite action using the template model
> 
>     { echo "A comment";
>       sed -e 's,re,txt,g' < file |
>       sed -e 's,re2,txt2,g' |
>       sed -e 's,re3,txt3,g'; } > outfile

This is most likely the same bug that Paul has already analyzed [1]
and/or the bug that Jim has analyzed [2]. We cannot support such a buggy
system [3][4]. I would suggest you upgrade to a newer version [5].

Bruno

[1] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2011-05/msg00086.html
[2] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2011-04/msg00156.html
[3] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2011-05/msg00091.html
[4] http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2011-08/msg00090.html
[5] http://wiki.openindiana.org/oi/Installing+or+Upgrading