Re: tar dumps core

1997-01-17 Thread Chow Chi-Ming
Daniel> There is a buffer-overrun bug in (non-Debianized) tar-1.11.8 Daniel> that involves the -M flag. Daniel> Does anyone know if Debian patches this bug? Debian definitely has this bug. -- Billy C.-M. Chow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Department of Systems Engineering The Chinese Universit

Re: tar dumps core

1997-01-17 Thread Daniel S. Barclay
> From: "Dr. Andreas Wehler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes, I've experienced this too. > > : It won't dump core if file is smaller (say a few KB) or the option M > : is not used. > ... > overlapping files are lost. Reading it back with "M"-option makes the > first tape give a Segmentation fault

Re: tar dumps core

1997-01-16 Thread Dr. Andreas Wehler
Yes, I've experienced this too. : It won't dump core if file is smaller (say a few KB) or the option M : is not used. I've put together a set of 3 QIC-150 tapes with debian 1.2. Reading/testing every single tape back is ok, where of course the overlapping files are lost. Reading it back with