Subject: bin/10657: ar dumps core, when creating text archives.
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Bernd Salbrechter <bernd@mycity.at>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/22/2000 13:44:14
>Number:         10657
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ar dumps core, when creating text archives.
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul 22 13:45:00 PDT 2000
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Bernd Salbrechter
>Release:        NetBSD-1.4.1
>Organization:
	Private account.
>Environment:
System: NetBSD schleppo.sun.universe 1.4.1 NetBSD 1.4.1 (SCHLEPPO) #1: Fri Feb 4 20:36:41 CET 2000 salb@schleppo.sun.universe:/products/NetBSD/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/SCHLEPPO i386

I have an 1.4.2 kernel running, but the tools are 1.4.1!

>Description:
	ar dumps core (signal 11), if I create an archive of text
	files. Even if I add the option S.

   Could someone verify that this didn't ocure in the upcomming
   1.4.3 and 1.5 version?

>How-To-Repeat:
Run the folloing commands.

#!/bin/sh
echo "File1" > f1
ar -cq test.a f1
rm test.a
ar -Scq test.a f1

>Fix:
	Sorry none so fare.
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted: