Re: [vile] vile-9.7[stu] gets stuck "working..."

[Thomas Dickey]

On Sat, 31 Oct 2009, Ramil Farkhshatov wrote:

> On Fri, Oct 30, 2009 at 05:42:50AM -0400, Thomas Dickey wrote:
> > On Fri, 30 Oct 2009, Ramil Farkhshatov wrote:
> >
> > > On Fri, Sep 04, 2009 at 05:02:51PM -0400, Clem Taylor wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > I'm a long time vile user and I recently switched to a new desktop
> > > > machine and have been unable to build a working version of vile. I'm
> > > > using a x86_64 Fedora 11 system with gcc 4.4.1 and I built vile with:
> > > > ./configure LEX=reflex --with-builtin-filters=all
> > > >
> > > > During normal use (typically inserting text or deleting a line) vile
> > > > gets stuck in a "working..." "...working" loop. I saw mention of this
> > > > problem in the list archive, but didn't notice a resolution:
> > > >
> > > > <skipped>
> > >
> > > Have same issue with «working...» loop on archlinux x86_64,
> > > vile-9.7-[stuw] and flex instead of reflex. And for me it occurs every
> > > time I press «dd». But when I've rebuilt vile with -O0 in CFLAGS
> > > problem disappeared.
> >
> > I got a second report this week (off-list).  I've not been able to
> > reproduce the bug, so I need help from someone who can...
>
> I'm reproducing it by just pressing «dd» (that should kill a line).
> I've discovered that enabling -ftree-vrp (included in -O2) gcc
> optimization flag triggers the issue. I hope this information can be
> useful.

not directly (to me).  I don't have the same platform.  (I've tested 
mostly 32-bit platforms, but have tested 64-bit Solaris - which would
still be different).

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