bug#28666: sed 4.2.2 testsuite binary3 test never returns on powerpc64-unknown-linux-gnu

[Jim Meyering]

On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 7:06 PM, Dennis Clarke <address@hidden> wrote:
>
> System is a Debian 8.8 powerpc64 type system on a PowerMac G5 and the
> test phase of sed 4.2.2 becomes "wedged" in test binary3 with 100% cpu
> usage on a single core. Waited for 2 hours however it never returns.
>
> Is there a way to run this as a single isolated test?
>
> I see this ....
>
> .
> .
> .
> XFAIL: utf8-4
> PASS: badenc
> PASS: inplace-hold
> PASS: brackets
> PASS: amp-escape
> PASS: help
> PASS: version
> PASS: file
> PASS: quiet
> PASS: factor
> ^C
>
>
> ppc64_deb8_$ ps -ef | grep "sed"
> root       595     1  0 Aug27 ?        00:00:00 /usr/sbin/cups-browsed
> dclarke   8794  1766  0 19:30 pts/1    00:00:00 tee
> ../sed-4.2.2_linux_3.16.0-4-
> dclarke  10796 10792  0 19:30 pts/1    00:00:00 /usr/local/bin/gmake
> SED=../sed/
> dclarke  10797 10796  0 19:30 pts/1    00:00:00 /bin/sh -c LC_ALL=C
> ../sed/sed
> dclarke  10798 10797 99 19:30 pts/1    00:04:46 ../sed/sed -n -f
> ./binary3.sed
> dclarke  10803  1671  0 19:35 pts/0    00:00:00 grep sed
> ppc64_deb8_$
>
>
> Waited and waited.  Never returns.

Thank you for the report, and especially for testing on a less-common
architecture.

Would you please try again but with the latest release: sed-4.4?
There were a lot of fixes between the version you used and 4.4.
Here's the announcement for sed-4.4:
  https://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=8793