I believe I found the problem. If I move /usr/bin before /usr/ucb in my path everything seems to work. Different set of tools (tr, sed, etc.). Not sure how they are different, but they definitely are.
Thanks for your help. On Fri, 2004-03-19 at 11:37, Ralf S. Engelschall wrote: > On Fri, Mar 19, 2004, Doug Henry wrote: > > > the first two commands also hang. the last command hangs after the sed > > (last) command. I have attached my console output. > > [...] > > + [ .platform != . ] > > toolcmd=/home/losradar/tools/SunOS-5.8/lib/openpkg/shtool platform > > toolcmdhelp=shtool platform > > msgprefix=shtool:platform > > + echo 0= > > + sed -e s/^\([0-9]*\)\([+=]\)/arg_NUMS=\1; arg_MODE=\2/ > > + eval arg_NUMS=0; arg_MODE== > > arg_NUMS=0 > > arg_MODE== > > + echo h.F:S:C:L.U.v.c.n.t:d.V.h. > > + sed -e s/\([a-zA-Z0-9]\)\([.:+]\)/opt_MODE_\1=\2;/g > > + eval > > opt_MODE_h=.;opt_MODE_F=:;opt_MODE_S=:;opt_MODE_C=:;opt_MODE_L=.;opt_MODE_U=.;opt_MODE_v=.;opt_MODE_c=.;opt_MODE_n=.;opt_MODE_t=:;opt_MODE_d=.;opt_MODE_V=.;opt_MODE_h=.; > > opt_MODE_h=. > > opt_MODE_F=: > > opt_MODE_S=: > > opt_MODE_C=: > > opt_MODE_L=. > > opt_MODE_U=. > > opt_MODE_v=. > > opt_MODE_c=. > > opt_MODE_n=. > > opt_MODE_t=: > > opt_MODE_d=. > > opt_MODE_V=. > > opt_MODE_h=. > > + echo > > h:help,F:format,S:sep,C:conc,L:lower,U:upper,v:verbose,c:consise,t:type,n:no-newline,V:version,h:help > > + tr x- x_ > > + sed -e s/\([a-zA-Z0-9]\):\([^,]*\),*/opt_ALIAS_\2=\1;/g > > ^C > > $ > > $ exit > > Err... then something is broken on your platform. Why should this hang at all? > Try the following commands: > > $ echo "echo > h:help,F:format,S:sep,C:conc,L:lower,U:upper,v:verbose,c:consise,t:type,n:no-newline,V:version,h:help" > | tr x- x_ | sed -e 's/\([a-zA-Z0-9]\):\([^,]*\),*/opt_ALIAS_\2=\1;/g' > > and give me the output of these commands so I can try to reproduce it on a similar > machine: > > $ which echo > $ which tr > $ which sed > $ uname -a > > Ralf S. Engelschall > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.engelschall.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ > The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org > User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- You know it is summer in Ireland when the rain gets warmer. ______________________________________________________________________ The OpenPKG Project www.openpkg.org User Communication List [EMAIL PROTECTED]
