Re: bin/56257: tar segfaults during emacs build

[Joseph Sarkes <jsarkes%gmail.com@localhost>]

The following reply was made to PR bin/56257; it has been noted by GNATS.

From: Joseph Sarkes <jsarkes%gmail.com@localhost>
To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
Cc: 
Subject: Re: bin/56257: tar segfaults during emacs build
Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 14:49:03 -0400

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 Well, I renamed /bin/tar and did a symlink to gtar. Lynx installed, emacs
 no, emacs27 in progress now. Seems to maybe a tar workaround. Never did
 find the makefile definition so did a brute force symlink redefinition.
 
 On Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 5:45 AM Hauke Fath <hauke%espresso.rhein-neckar.de@localhost>
 wrote:
 
 > The following reply was made to PR bin/56257; it has been noted by GNATS.
 >
 > From: Hauke Fath <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost>
 > To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
 > Cc: gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, jsarkes%gmail.com@localhost
 > Subject: Re: bin/56257: tar segfaults during emacs build
 > Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:13:05 +0200
 >
 >  On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:30:01 +0000 (UTC), jsarkes%gmail.com@localhost wrote:
 >  > at various times including building emacs and emacs 27 tar segfaults=20
 >  > doing the .elc files. It has also died on me using other earlier=20
 >  > versions of Netbsd, 9, 9.1, 9.2. I'm used to moving and copying=20
 >  > directories using cpio and tar and was surprised a number of times by=20
 >  > the segfault.
 >
 >  This would be the base libarchive-as-tar, right? It appears to be,=20
 >  well, not always good enough. Try with a=20
 >
 >  USETOOLS+=3D gtar
 >
 >  maybe?
 >
 >  Cheerio,
 >  Hauke
 >
 >  --=20
 >  Hauke Fath                        <hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost>
 >  Linn=E9weg 7
 >  64342 Seeheim-Jugenheim
 >  Germany
 >
 >
 
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 <div dir=3D"auto">Well, I renamed /bin/tar and did a symlink to gtar. Lynx =
 installed, emacs no, emacs27 in progress now. Seems to maybe a tar workarou=
 nd. Never did find the makefile definition so did a brute force symlink red=
 efinition.=C2=A0</div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"ltr" class=
 =3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 18, 2021, 5:45 AM Hauke Fath &lt;<a href=3D"mai=
 lto:hauke%espresso.rhein-neckar.de@localhost">hauke%espresso.rhein-neckar.de@localhost</a>&gt; =
 wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8e=
 x;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">The following reply was made=
  to PR bin/56257; it has been noted by GNATS.<br>
 <br>
 From: Hauke Fath &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost"; targ=
 et=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost</a>&gt;<br>
 To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost<br>
 Cc: gnats-admin%NetBSD.org@localhost, <a href=3D"mailto:jsarkes%gmail.com@localhost"; target=3D"=
 _blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">jsarkes%gmail.com@localhost</a><br>
 Subject: Re: bin/56257: tar segfaults during emacs build<br>
 Date: Fri, 18 Jun 2021 11:13:05 +0200<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0On Thu, 17 Jun 2021 21:30:01 +0000 (UTC), <a href=3D"mailto:jsarkes@g=
 mail.com" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">jsarkes%gmail.com@localhost</a> wrote:=
 <br>
 =C2=A0&gt; at various times including building emacs and emacs 27 tar segfa=
 ults=3D20<br>
 =C2=A0&gt; doing the .elc files. It has also died on me using other earlier=
 =3D20<br>
 =C2=A0&gt; versions of Netbsd, 9, 9.1, 9.2. I&#39;m used to moving and copy=
 ing=3D20<br>
 =C2=A0&gt; directories using cpio and tar and was surprised a number of tim=
 es by=3D20<br>
 =C2=A0&gt; the segfault.<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0This would be the base libarchive-as-tar, right? It appears to be,=3D=
 20<br>
 =C2=A0well, not always good enough. Try with a=3D20<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0USETOOLS+=3D3D gtar<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0maybe?<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0Cheerio,<br>
 =C2=A0Hauke<br>
 <br>
 =C2=A0--=3D20<br>
 =C2=A0Hauke Fath=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
 =A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.=
 DE" target=3D"_blank" rel=3D"noreferrer">hauke%Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE@localhost</a>=
 &gt;<br>
 =C2=A0Linn=3DE9weg 7<br>
 =C2=A064342 Seeheim-Jugenheim<br>
 =C2=A0Germany<br>
 <br>
 </blockquote></div>
 
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