The following reply was made to PR bin/29040; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: David Laight <dsl@netbsd.org>
To: gnats-bugs@netbsd.org
Cc: 
Subject: PR/29040 CVS commit: src/bin/pax
Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:23:44 +0000 (UTC)

 Module Name:	src
 Committed By:	dsl
 Date:		Fri Jan 21 20:23:44 UTC 2005
 
 Modified Files:
 	src/bin/pax: pat_rep.c
 
 Log Message:
 Check for *ptr == 0, not ptr == NULL twice when validating -s xxxxx in tar mode.
 Fixes PR bin/29040
 Also actually report an error to the tty if NET2_REGEX is defined.
 
 
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 cvs rdiff -r1.21 -r1.22 src/bin/pax/pat_rep.c
 
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