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Date:      Tue, 2 Nov 1999 19:49:53 +0100 (CET)
From:      Andre Albsmeier <andre.albsmeier@mchp.siemens.de>
To:        FreeBSD-gnats-submit@freebsd.org
Subject:   gnu/14664: tar checks for volno-file even if it shouldn't
Message-ID:  <199911021849.TAA28716@internal>

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>Number:         14664
>Category:       gnu
>Synopsis:       tar checks for volno-file even if it shouldn't
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    freebsd-bugs
>State:          open
>Quarter:        
>Keywords:       
>Date-Required:
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   current-users
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Nov  2 11:00:01 PST 1999
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Andre Albsmeier
>Release:        FreeBSD 3.3-STABLE i386
>Organization:
>Environment:

Probably all FreeBSD versions, patch ist for -STABLE

>Description:

When using tar with the -F option but without --volno-file, the following
output appears after the first volume is full:

root@server:/dump>tar -c -F /dump/volchange -L 10 -f try.tar usr
tar: (null) : Bad address

This is because the code to modify the volno-file is called even if
there hasn't been one specified.


>How-To-Repeat:

See above.


>Fix:

The fix does the same thing as being done elsewhere when volno-file is
accessed: Do it only if the user specified --volno-file.
	
--- gnu/usr.bin/tar/buffer.c.ORI	Tue Nov  2 19:37:05 1999
+++ gnu/usr.bin/tar/buffer.c	Tue Nov  2 19:41:07 1999
@@ -1434,7 +1434,8 @@
       /* We have to prompt from now on. */
       if (f_run_script_at_end)
 	{
-	  closeout_volume_number ();
+	  if (f_volno_file)
+	    closeout_volume_number ();
 	  system (info_script);
 	}
       else

>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:


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