From unknown Sun Jun 22 04:22:31 2025 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Subject: bug#8746: /usr/bin/sed on HP-UX truncates, but not always Resent-From: "Daniel Richard G." Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-To: owner@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-libtool@gnu.org Resent-Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 19:34:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: report 8746 X-GNU-PR-Package: libtool X-GNU-PR-Keywords: To: 8746@debbugs.gnu.org X-Debbugs-Original-To: bug-libtool@gnu.org Received: via spool by submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B.130652478831504 (code B ref -1); Fri, 27 May 2011 19:34:02 +0000 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 27 May 2011 19:33:08 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQ2mR-0008C3-2a for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 15:33:07 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QQ2ho-00084x-OF for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:21 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQ2hi-0001IU-O3 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:15 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.1 (2010-03-16) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.6 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.1 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]:37192) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQ2hi-0001IQ-MS for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:14 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:38718) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQ2hh-0003iH-SG for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:14 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQ2hh-0001FW-3A for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:13 -0400 Received: from out3.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.27]:43874) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QQ2hh-0001FD-10 for bug-libtool@gnu.org; Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:13 -0400 Received: from compute3.internal (compute3.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.43]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 038C120AF6 for ; Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:11 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.212]) by compute3.internal (MEProxy); Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:11 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=8F80hyE9QL5ut1v2/SGgDeo5xWs=; b=N88D6VXw4mwH1W/Az2gO109CEtL5mQMnVGdL+wwvm3Sc+Gb8b1fja6br56I64Agb9nP9Ib6h7+NFt16PjYLzry8nvN0fxqmC6ON6QdHfadOQtlJHX25fnAjl5jiK6yTqTtydPU2Pn9gU29Vt+wrLwhynRrz+YidDbPGtaIocArs= Received: by web2.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id D4223348077; Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1306524490.20679.1456811629@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: JJ0xhO6kyumaNQAKkiPDUpj7zX2A2aViMqAb9JLw9zPi 1306524490 From: "Daniel Richard G." MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface Date: Fri, 27 May 2011 15:28:10 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: Genre and OS details not recognized. X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) X-Mailman-Approved-At: Fri, 27 May 2011 15:33:06 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.6 (------) I am using Libtool 2.4. Recently, I had a build fail on an HP-UX/Itanium 11.23 system, with the error libtool: eval: line 1088: syntax error: unexpected end of file I traced this down to $SED truncating $relink_command. But I see that Libtool has a configure-time check for this, and /usr/bin/sed passed, so I dug a little deeper. Sample test file: aaaaaaaaaaaaaa...(6000 a's in all)...aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa@foo@ % cat testfile | /usr/bin/sed s/a/b/ | wc -c 6006 % cat testfile | /usr/bin/sed 's/@foo@/bar/' | wc -c 4109 $SED acts on an @inst_prefix_dir@ placeholder at the end of $relink_command, so this appears to be what was going on. --Daniel -- NAME = Daniel Richard G. _\|/_ Remember, skunks MAIL = skunk@iSKUNK.ORG (/o|o\) _- don't smell bad--- MAIL+= skunk@alum.MIT.EDU < (^),> it's the people who WWW = (not there yet!) / \ annoy us that do!