segmentation error

[Todd Denniston]

Patrick O'Callaghan wrote, On 01/14/2009 07:38 AM:
> On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 4:01 AM, roland <roland at cat.be> wrote:
>> On Tue, 13 Jan 2009 13:05:57 +0100, Michael Schwendt <mschwendt at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>> Follow the instructions at
>>>
>>>  http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/StackTraces
>>>
>>> and then post the detailed backtrace here. "tar" uses several
>>> libraries. It can be anything, even unstable hardware (such as bad RAM
>>> chips).
>>>
>> This is the output I get:
>>
>> [root at tbred roland]# gdb /bin/tar
>> GNU gdb Red Hat Linux (6.3.0.0-1.159.el4rh)
>>
>> (gdb) run --cvzf buXXX b*
>> Starting program: /bin/tar --cvzf buXXX b*
>> (no debugging symbols found)
>> (no debugging symbols found)
>>
>> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
>> 0x0806d4e6 in ?? ()
>> (gdb) Quit
>> (gdb)
>>
>>
>> I do not see much of a story here. I hope you do.
> 
> Run:
> 
> debuginfo-install tar
> 
> and repeat
> 
> poc
> 

and don't forget to issue 'bt' to get a back trace before quiting.
even with out debug symbols it can sometimes be useful, but is always more 
useful than you got above.

-- 
Todd Denniston
Crane Division, Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC Crane)
Harnessing the Power of Technology for the Warfighter