bug#28666: More info regarding binary3 sed test which hangs

[Jim Meyering]

On Sun, Oct 1, 2017 at 7:28 PM, Dennis Clarke <address@hidden> wrote:
> I looked into the binary3 test a bit and tried this manually :
>
> deb8_ppc64$
> deb8_ppc64$ LC_ALL=C ../sed/sed -n -f ./binary3.sed < binary.inp | LC_ALL=C
> tr -d \\r > binary3.out_manual
>
> It just runs endlessly and never returns.
>
> Not sure what data to add in here.

Thank you for the details. I presume this is with the latest?
Does it also infloop if you remove the output pipe:

  LC_ALL=C ../sed/sed -n -f ./binary3.sed < binary.inp > out

Can you run it via gdb and hit ^C then see where/why it's looping?

  LC_ALL=C gdb --args ../sed/sed

to run it under gdb, do this:

  (gdb) run -n -f ./binary3.sed < binary.inp