Debian bug report logs - #1110 tar coredumps when given incorrect arguments Package: tar ; Reported by: richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard J Kettlewell); 107 days old . ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Message received at debian-bugs: From elmail.co.uk!richard Sun Jul 16 14:32:36 1995 Return-Path: Received: from pixar.com by mongo.pixar.com with smtp (Smail3.1.28.1 #15) id m0sXbIh-0007rxC; Sun, 16 Jul 95 14:32 PDT Received: from tlingit.elmail.co.uk by pixar.com with SMTP id AA14503 (5.67b/IDA-1.5 for debian-bugs-pipe@mongo.pixar.com); Sun, 16 Jul 1995 14:31:01 -0700 Received: from sfere.elmail.co.uk by tlingit.elmail.co.uk (8.6.11) id WAA17333; Sun, 16 Jul 1995 22:31:09 +0100 Received: by sfere.elmail.co.uk id (Debian /\oo/\ Smail3.1.29.1 #29.33); Sun, 16 Jul 95 21:28 BST Message-Id: Date: Sun, 16 Jul 95 21:28 BST From: richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard J Kettlewell) To: debian-bugs@pixar.com Subject: tar coredumps when given incorrect arguments Package: tar Version: 1.11.8 Revision: 1 Libc: 4.6.27 [debian revision 5] Kernel: 1.2.11 [compiled from source-1.2.11-0.deb] tar either coredumps, gives the right error or gives the wrong error depending on the ordering of its arguments:- Script started on Fri Jul 14 23:57:13 1995 sfere:src$ tar xfz Segmentation fault (core dumped) sfere:src$ tar xzf tar: option requires an argument -- f Try `tar --help' for more information. sfere:src$ tar fxz Segmentation fault (core dumped) sfere:src$ tar fzx tar: You must specify one of the r, c, t, x, or d options Try `tar --help' for more information. sfere:src$ tar zxf tar: option requires an argument -- f Try `tar --help' for more information. sfere:src$ tar zfx tar: You must specify one of the r, c, t, x, or d options Try `tar --help' for more information. sfere:src$ exit Script done on Fri Jul 14 23:57:41 1995 md5sum /bin/tar says:- 507d90413804d16f89b9d01c4449d611 /bin/tar ttfn/rjk ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Acknowledgement sent to richard@elmail.co.uk (Richard J Kettlewell) : New bug report received and forwarded. Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Report forwarded to debian-devel@pixar.com : Bug#1110 ; Package tar . Full text available. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ian Jackson / iwj10@thor.cam.ac.uk , with the debian-bugs tracking mechanism This page last modified 07:43:01 GMT Wed 01 Nov