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Date:      Thu, 22 Mar 2007 01:54:44 +0100
From:      Olivier Houchard <mlfbsd@ci0.org>
To:        David Cornejo <dave@dogwood.com>
Cc:        freebsd-arm@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: awk hanging
Message-ID:  <20070322005444.GA72878@ci0.org>
In-Reply-To: <4601ce80.5b8c468e.49f9.13fa@mx.google.com>
References:  <4601ce80.5b8c468e.49f9.13fa@mx.google.com>

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On Wed, Mar 21, 2007 at 02:31:27PM -1000, David Cornejo wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I am trying to build and install some ports on an Avila board - 
> however with certain  packages (i.e. ruby) it gets to the install 
> phase and awk goes into a state where it's constantly running and 
> never comes out (I let it run for four days and then killed it).  I 
> have reproduced this in both stable and current.  Gdb in current 
> fails to attach to awk, and gdb seems to be completely missing in 
> 6.2.  Any suggestions on how to debug this?  Would a gdb from ports work?
> 
> thanks for any help,
> dave c

Hi David,

I'm going to investigate.
Can you tell if it just happens randomly, or if it always happens with some 
ports, but not others ?
If it always happens with the same ports, can you name one that is faster to
build than ruby ? ;)

Thanks a lot for reporting !

Olivier



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