X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2005 12:37:23 +0100 From: Corinna Vinschen To: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: tar with switches leads to stack dump Message-ID: <20051221113723.GD28865@calimero.vinschen.de> Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com References: <000001c60608$8ab30190$500210ac@tcgp.dundee.ac.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <000001c60608$8ab30190$500210ac@tcgp.dundee.ac.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2i Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help@cygwin.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin@cygwin.com On Dec 21 08:28, fergus wrote: > I'm trying to append several new files to an existing zipped .tar.gz and > maintain the zipped format. I find that > tar -vrzf exist.tar.gz *.new > leads to an > Aborted (core dumped) > message. More than likely my syntax is faulty, but maybe not. (Creating a > .tar.gz from scratch using "tar -vczf .." works fine. Appending new files to > an existing .tar using "tar -vrf exist.tar *.new" works fine.) This happens > with 1.5.18 and 1.5.19s 20051220. Please can anybody put me right or confirm > the core dump? Thank you. > Fergus Confirmed. Looks like tar is calling abort() at one point, without printing any error message beforehand. Corinna -- Corinna Vinschen Please, send mails regarding Cygwin to Cygwin Project Co-Leader cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Red Hat -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/