The reason I was asking is that there has been a bug reported about "Segfault with --listed-incremental when archive includes root directory" in the debian bug tracker (and reported to the tar developers): http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=575298
However, this issue should be fixed in 1.25. There's a comment in the the mailing list discussion, though (http://old.nabble.com/Re%3A-tar%3A-Segfault-with---listed-incremental-when-archive-includes-root-directory-%28fwd%29-p28597856.html): > One followup note: With the patch applied, it still segfaulted when doing an > incremental based on a full backup done with an older version. After doing > fresh full backups with the patched version, things do work properly. Could you test whether 1.25 works after a new full backup? If not, please try to provide a stack trace (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Backtrace). ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #575298 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=575298 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/687594 Title: tar crashes with SIGSEGV when used with --listed-incremental option -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
