Sun Studio Express Feb 2007 freezes upon "collect"

When I try to analyze a program (via any of the features under the "Advanced" menu) Sun Studio Express Feb 2007 freezes (aparently forever). It seems to spawn a slew of "/bin/mail" processes presumably to send email back to Sun about usage. When I run "collect" from the command line, I experience the same behavior. I haven't configured sendmail on my machine, which perhaps is the reason why it is freezing.

I would recommend adding a configuration option to disable this feature or have it fail more gracefully (but perhaps this is more an issue with /bin/mail).

I actually get around this now by replacing /bin/mail with a near-empty script:

#!/bin/csh

test

[693 byte] By [jslotta] at [2007-11-27 1:55:02]
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http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Sun_Studio_FAQs#General_-_Why_are_the_tool s_sending_packets_or_emails_outside_my_site.21

This topic in the FAQ has more info about how to disable this.

The email mechanism is only installed in pre-FCS binaries.

It's disabled for FCS. And you can turn it off using an

environment variable.

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