"dump -L -C32 .. | gzip -3c" stuck under -current

[Michael Reifenberger]

On Sun, 26 Sep 2004, M. Warner Losh wrote:
...
> : gzip where (accodingly to top) in the state 'piperd'
>
> Must be dump that's stuck then, or there's some subtle bug in closing
> pipes.  piperd is Pipe Read wait state.  gzip is waiting to get more
> data over the pipe, and it never arrives.
>

Hmm.
Then this could be a snapshot problem.
Any tips how to debug?


Bye/2
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