Subject: bin/33: /sbin/dump drops core
To: None <gnats-admin>
From: None <brezak@essex.hudson.ma>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 12/01/1993 10:20:04
>Number:         33
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       /sbin/dump drops core
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    gnats-admin (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Wed Dec  1 10:20:02 1993
>Originator:     John Brezak
>Organization:

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>Release:        0.9a (current)
>Environment:
    	
System: NetBSD essex 0.9a ESSEX#34 i386

$ sup -t /u0/sup/supfile.netbsd
SUP 8.26 (4.3 BSD) for file /u0/sup/supfile.netbsd at Dec  1 13:15:51
Last update occurred at Sun Nov 28 07:12:57 1993 for collection src
Last update occurred at Sun Nov 28 07:12:23 1993 for collection ksrc-common
Last update occurred at Sun Nov 28 07:12:30 1993 for collection ksrc-i386
Last update occurred at Sun Nov 28 07:12:56 1993 for collection security

>Description:

"/sbin/dump W" drops core. Here is a stack traceback.

essex[160] ...sbin/dump> gdb obj/dump  
Reading symbol data from /u0/src/netbsd/sbin/dump/obj/dump...done.
(gdb) r W
Starting program: /u0/src/netbsd/sbin/dump/obj/dump W
  DUMP: WARNING: no file `/etc/dumpdates'
Last dump(s) done (Dump '>' file systems):

Program received signal 11, Segmentation fault
Reading in symbols for /u0/src/netbsd/sbin/dump/dumpoptr.c...done.
0x3cab in lastdump (arg=87) (/u0/src/netbsd/sbin/dump/dumpoptr.c line 515)
515             ITITERATE(i, dtwalk) {
(gdb) bt
#0  0x3cab in lastdump (arg=87) (/u0/src/netbsd/sbin/dump/dumpoptr.c line 515)
#1  0x219f in main (...)


>How-To-Repeat:
        /sbin/dump W
>Fix:
        ???

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:

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