As Matthew Jacob wrote ...
>
> On Sat, 23 Oct 1999, Matthew Dillon wrote:
>
> > :It really is vgring hanging on a file:
> > :
> > :vgrind -f < /usr/src/share/doc/papers/kernmalloc/appendix.t > appendix.ms
> > :
> > :A plain vgrind -f on this file also hangs. Anyone have a clue on this?
> > :
> > :This happens for me on an alpha.
> > :
> > :-matt
> >
> > The vgrind command above does not hang on my PIII test box. It takes
> > about a second to run. I tried both an old binary and a new binary of
> > vgrind. Both worked.
> >
> > I recommend compiling vgrind up w/ full debugging and attaching a
> > debugger to it to see what is up.
>
>
> Not an executable... but I finally figured it out... Pipes possibly broken
> as set up by csh- csh was an old (Oct 1) csh. Until I updated csh from the
> current build tree, what actually was happening was vfontedpr was piping
> to 'cat -'.... and this was hanging..... Wierd city, but all better now I
> believe... possibly related to the signal changes(?)....
I've seen the same (see the list archives) on alpha a week or 2 back. Solved
by manually making and installing csh.
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