Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: cpio
Ubuntu release information (lsb_release -a):
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 7.10
Release: 7.10
Codename: gutsy
Package version: 2.8-1ubuntu2
Problem: cpio segfaults when -E option is used on a non-existing file.
Eg:
$ cpio -E no_such_file -t
cpio: no_such_file: Cannot open: No such file or directory
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
GDB backtrace (after recompiling the package with
"DEB_BUILD_OPTIONS=nostrip,debug"):
#0 0xb7e1f46d in getc () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6
#1 0x0804f983 in ds_fgetstr (f=0x0, s=0xbfe533c0, eos=10 '\n') at dstring.c:74
#2 0x0804b8c8 in process_copy_in () at copyin.c:947
#3 0x08050cc0 in main (argc=128, argv=0x806b6f8) at main.c:794
** Affects: cpio (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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cpio segfaults with "-E" on a non-existing file
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/186366
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