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Subject: Re: 1.5.7: Problem with tcsh 6.12.00-7 / sed 4.0.8-1
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Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 18:43:14 +0200 (IST)
From: Michael Brand <cygwin AT brand DOT scso DOT com>
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Hello,

Regarding your question, Corinna, I am using Cygwin's latest stable (the one 
you get when you download <http://www.cygwin.com/setup.exe> and install current 
versions of packages). I am considerably more interested in a stable system 
than in a "state-of-the-art" system, which is why I am avoiding the use of 
snapshots.

However, I have other developments regarding this problem:
I have managed to reproduce the problem now in a "bash" script as well. It 
still uses plenty of "sed"s, but the hang happened in a call to "basename".

I am beginning to believe that this problem has to do with a misbehavior of 
Cygwin on dual-CPU machines / on Xeons / on dual-Xeon machines.

Any feedback, but especially from people with experience using Cygwin on such 
platforms, will be much appreciated.

Thank you,
Michael.

Quoting Michael Brand:

> The problem started appearing when I switched to using HP Proliant ML330
> G3 
> dual-Xeons.
> 
> I have now localized the problem, producing a tcsh script with only one
> line that causes a hang if run enough times:
> 
> set b=`echo a | sed 's/a/b/'`
> 

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