The following reply was made to PR pkg/32097; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: grant beattie <grant@NetBSD.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: pkg-manager@netbsd.org, gnats-admin@netbsd.org,
	pkgsrc-bugs@netbsd.org
Subject: Re: pkg/32097: pkgsrc bootstrap 'tar' command segfaults on Sparc Solaris 10
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2005 23:14:06 +1100

 On Thu, Nov 17, 2005 at 10:50:00AM +0000, segv@netctl.net wrote:
 
 > >Number:         32097
 > >Category:       pkg
 > >Synopsis:       pkgsrc bootstrap 'tar' command segfaults on Sparc Solaris 10
 > >Confidential:   no
 > >Severity:       critical
 > >Priority:       high
 > >Responsible:    pkg-manager
 > >State:          open
 > >Class:          sw-bug
 > >Submitter-Id:   net
 > >Arrival-Date:   Thu Nov 17 10:50:00 +0000 2005
 > >Originator:     segv
 > >Release:        
 > >Organization:
 > >Environment:
 > SunOS ultra10 5.10 Generic sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-5_10
 > >Description:
 > After bootstrapping pkgsrc utilities with Sun Studio 11 compilers on UltraSparc machine, 'tar' command dies with SEGV and dumps a core. There are no problems when bootstrapping with GCC
 > >How-To-Repeat:
 > Bootstrap pkgsrc then use /usr/pkg/bin/tar to create a .tgz file.
 
 could you please provide a backtrace?
 
 grant.