X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; q=dns; s=default; b=rXRPuih NSTvDEQmkbrJMSLcTxEjvPY5mbEGVrKLJPIdOcn/bn62QqOQSMA5PM/kAUVAskey a9anlZGRwaeJL0dQd9XERW+p+Snubhwyalmf+Af9EHQk/lLcNEXHnXMqvkLL3iHq k5f3SCBEfZsuqt3u3eR0RhXs2vqMWrru7h9o= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed; d=sourceware.org; h=list-id :list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-archive:list-post :list-help:sender:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:content-type; s=default; bh=IpieEN2g5lOb5 +8aMpOBH5k0GWY=; b=JOHAv0X1/UgE6z8E1lTRQ7S0fsht82L1cegsLO8DgM4B4 fMqOx1O9qEtviqJeJAzTJYgWUqdrDoR7keg63npUaJttjpGsCZF5sADW4QdeAdL0 QHabSTuE4wPhSNgI8M5gd9RKNpQ2JMZ2qPQ+moPDa8U58/4b0PxOX5TR8fRyfo= Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; auth=none X-Virus-Found: No X-Spam-SWARE-Status: No, score=-0.2 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM,FROM_LOCAL_NOVOWEL,HK_RANDOM_ENVFROM,HK_RANDOM_FROM,KB_WAM_FROM_NAME_SINGLEWORD,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_PASS autolearn=no version=3.3.2 spammy=hung, curious, Canada, among X-HELO: mail-qk0-f179.google.com X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to; bh=C0ynYoB7P0ppibCyuMGRfP3phs+EzAOoqWxZbDSxVjw=; b=qBcAIcvQS5gkMuaCueqsP86RxlE4QbiGXupfekpJ7Oaui3YgAXqre4KfRu9X3Ipvl3 rLIgd29/jy3Ot2JsXLcQZVWhI/Cq2I+5X2rMpegn32jpfFGXS4cBMJMqbLgPCCxgtgVZ VNx1u0Ao1PU87K3e3hzI64otMjwcK8u4KSdrIeijgjI0bs5xOwFarfNPE8doGHRfwCVr K1FqnY5Xnpg9v6srchuRnIojbLGLbMOoTD3JMgPSBtv7M4PRp7p2hJKOqMAb6EJOuKzK fbFwzCUuoil1Nq5FkxAalc+RqWrsVrps0s2yUTfxDrcBRf3OblQNCFVdoZkg2hfHN+V5 4krg== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX4x5x3CG3RwWnyW65EGA0FpKmaPSHxG4YLFoHwot05DKAlUgBHO HNIzTi0MJhg8iuolFBdQOxre2Ri9nVMj8Mc+QG+BsxKb X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMboXUHnPFi3gArCob889lJphAM5X8Rh0w2HdnoHaZO0fQT58lQOt35CccGPK9EHd6Vgvr1fWIMbEQ9QCHEohXs= X-Received: by 10.55.42.100 with SMTP id q97mr60444625qkh.53.1511876280117; Tue, 28 Nov 2017 05:38:00 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <09fc4a030cc7abb5cabf07672e683d70@xs4all.nl> References: <177e9f9fe723eadd4a8e41e5e032d56d AT smtp-cloud9 DOT xs4all DOT net> <20171128090329 DOT GN547 AT calimero DOT vinschen DOT de> <09fc4a030cc7abb5cabf07672e683d70 AT xs4all DOT nl> From: Doug Henderson Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2017 06:37:39 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: sort utility goes berzerk (x86_64) To: cygwin Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-IsSubscribed: yes On 28 November 2017 at 03:59, Houder wrote: > On 2017-11-28 10:03, Corinna Vinschen wrote: >> >> On Nov 28 08:21, Houder wrote: >>> >>> On 2017-11-25 14:23, Houder wrote: >>> > Hi, >>> > >>> > Anyone seeing this as well? sort goes berzerk on my system when piped >>> > into >>> > head (or less) when it is fed with a 'specially prepared' input file. >>> > >>> > - only happens on x86_64 >>> > - does not happen for 'LC_COLLATE=C sort tt | head' >>> > >>> > 'specially prepared' input file? (see bottom of post). >>> >>> Anyone ** NOT ** seeing this? >> >> >> Yes. I just tried it under tcsh and bash with 6000, 8000, and 8150 lines, >> and it works for me. LANG=en_US.UTF-8 implies LC_COLLATE=en_US.UTF-8 >> but I also set LC_COLLATE explicitely and retried. sort tt | head >> always prints >> >> abcde 1xxxxx0123456789 >> abcde 2xxxxx0123456789 >> abcde 3xxxxx0123456789 >> abcde 4xxxxx0123456789 >> abcde 5xxxxx0123456789 >> abcde 6xxxxx0123456789 >> abcde 7xxxxx0123456789 >> abcde 8xxxxx0123456789 >> abcde 9xxxxx0123456789 >> abcde 10xxxxx0123456789 >> >> and then returns to the prompt. > > > Corinna, thank you for trying !!!!! > > But that is curious ... I only send my initial post after having verified > my system (Cygwin). > > As I got no response to my initial post, I decided it had to be "me". For > that reason I once more scrutinized? my system (Cygwin). > > Among others: > > - downloaded the base packages (from my favorite mirror) into a separate > repo (directory on my system) > - installed Cygwin (base packages) into a new directory. > > All using setup! The outcome was the same. It came as a surprise to me. > > I will attach cygcheck-minsrv.out (for _anyone_ who is willing to take a > look at it). I did not spot anything "funny" in there. > Q0. What is the value of PATH reported by "printenv PATH"? Just to verify it matches the cygcheck reported path, and to confirm that cygwin directories proceed windows folders. Q1. What is output of "which -a sort"? Is there only one sort in the path? Q2. What is output of "sort --version"? Confirm if it is "sort (GNU coreutils) 8.26". Q3. What happens when you run "sort --check FILE" on a problem file? Q4. After you kill a hung sort, are there files left over in /tmp? I am wondering if the problem files are too big to do an in-core sort, and something goes wrong when it switches to a temp file sort, but not for smaller or larger input files where it correctly predicts which type of sort it needs to do. Possibly using the "--buffer-size=N" option will change the behavior, making smaller input files fail and failing ones work. HTH, Doug -- Doug Henderson, Calgary, Alberta, Canada - from gmail.com -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple