From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Jul 21 13:45:37 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in (theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in [144.16.71.20]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 322ED37BFE1 for ; Fri, 21 Jul 2000 13:45:28 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from rsidd@physics.iisc.ernet.in) Received: (qmail 66792 invoked from network); 21 Jul 2000 20:45:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO theory3.physics.iisc.ernet.in) (qmailr@144.16.71.158) by theory1.physics.iisc.ernet.in with SMTP; 21 Jul 2000 20:45:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 8500 invoked by uid 211); 21 Jul 2000 20:45:22 -0000 Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2000 02:15:22 +0530 From: Rahul Siddharthan To: System Administrator Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tar bug??? Message-ID: <20000722021522.A8449@physics.iisc.ernet.in> Mail-Followup-To: System Administrator , freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <3978A6F6.55C3E578@chemcomp.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2i In-Reply-To: <3978A6F6.55C3E578@chemcomp.com>; from admin@chemcomp.com on Fri, Jul 21, 2000 at 03:39:34PM -0400 X-Operating-System: Linux 2.4.0-test3 i686 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG System Administrator said on Jul 21, 2000 at 15:39:34: > > I was about to submit a PR when a doubt crossed my mind. Is this a bug > or a "feature"? > > $ tar -f /home/backup/arch.tar -A -v -C /net /net/basil > tar: Segmentation fault > $ > > Curiously, no core is dumped, so I cannot really debug (?) the problem. > How could I? Why isn't there a core anyways? It would dump core only if it has write permission in the current working directory. Try running the same command from your home directory, if you aren't doing that already. Looks like a bug to me. Rahul. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message