This is a known bug which seems to hit the debugger periodically, and I think is related to the particular combination of modules installed on a given system, in particular Term::ReadLine::Gnu. There is a simple workaround which involves setting, (if I remember correctly), PERLDB_RL=1. You might also try installing Term::ReadLine::Perl, I think that solves it too. Basically, I think PERL_RL just has to be non-zero. Something like this:
$> PERL_RL=1 perl -d ... I realize the answer is a bit vague, but my reference is elsewhere, among other things ;-) -- Ciao Richard Foley Ciao - shorter than aufwiedersehen http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/perldebugpr/ -----Original Message----- > Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2005 11:32:41 +0200 > Subject: Re: [perl #22758] debugger command "|x" swallows all output > From: "Ulrich Windl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Michael G Schwern via RT" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > On 12 Jul 2005 at 16:19, Michael G Schwern via RT wrote: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Sun Jun 22 23:53:28 2003]: > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > The debugger command "x" works as expected, but "|x" shows no > > > output at all: > > > > > > > I am unable to reproduce this problem. What pager does the debugger > > think you're using? You can find out with this: > > > > $ perl -de 1 > > > > Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.28 > > Editor support available. > > > > Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help. > > > > main::(-e:1): 1 > > DB<1> print DB::pager > > |/usr/bin/less > > > > > > main::(-e:1): 1 > DB<1> print DB::pager > |less > > So maybe it's the missting fully qualified name. Shouldn't perl print > some diagnostics if the pager cannot be found? > > BTW: I tried (not sure which configuration I had reported the > problem): > mailgate:/var/tmp # PATH= /usr/bin/perl -de 1 > > Loading DB routines from perl5db.pl version 1.27 > Editor support available. > > Enter h or `h h' for help, or `man perldebug' for more help. > > main::(-e:1): 1 > DB<1> @a=(1 .. 17) > > DB<2> x @a > 0 1 > 1 2 > 2 3 > 3 4 > 4 5 > 5 6 > 6 7 > 7 8 > 8 9 > 9 10 > 10 11 > 11 12 > 12 13 > 13 14 > 14 15 > 15 16 > 16 17 > DB<3> |x @a > > [1]+ Stopped PATH= /usr/bin/perl -de 1 > (Perl seems to hang here) > > Regards, > Ulrich > > >
