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Re: [Bug-tar] Running 'gtar' compiled on Solaris 9 on Solaris 10 dumps c
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Eric Blake |
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Re: [Bug-tar] Running 'gtar' compiled on Solaris 9 on Solaris 10 dumps core |
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Mon, 24 Jan 2011 08:31:51 -0700 |
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On 01/22/2011 05:26 PM, Paul Eggert wrote:
> On 01/21/2011 06:42 AM, Dagobert Michelsen wrote:
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>> it is expected that a binary compiled on Solaris 9 using standard
>> interfaces should run on later versions
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> Yes, quite true, but there are also bugs in that area, and perhaps
> tar is running afoul of them.
Also, tar 1.25 didn't use the latest gnulib, which had fixes for a
gnulib coredump with Solaris timens functions:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-tar/2010-11/msg00072.html
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