Re: bsdtar core dumps

From: Giorgos Keramidas <keramida_at_ceid.upatras.gr>
Date: Wed, 18 Aug 2004 00:38:13 +0300
On 2004-08-17 14:19, Sean McNeil <sean_at_mcneil.com> wrote:
> Don't think this is amd64-specific, but perhaps....

It could be.  Or it might be a recent change that I haven't caught up
with yet at home (see below).

> I just tried to unarchive a file that didn't exist and got a core dump:
> tar zxvvf nonexistent.tar.gz

$ sysctl hw.machine_arch
hw.machine_arch: i386
$ tar zxvvf nonexistent.tar.gz
tar: Error opening archive: Failed to open 'nonexistent.tar.gz': No such file or directory
$ uname -v
FreeBSD 5.2-CURRENT #0: Sun Aug 15 23:21:29 EEST 2004     \
sysop_at_gothmog.gr:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/SOLERO

If versions of bsdtar more recent than Sunday night (around 19:00 UTC)
all exhibit this problem, look for a recent change that causes this.

- Giorgos
Received on Thu Aug 19 2004 - 17:33:22 UTC

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