Re: dd.c crash coreutils-5.97

2006-09-15 Thread Paul Eggert
Martin Ellis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I'm working around it by using "unset LANG" before the backup > script is run. Thanks for following up. LC_ALL='C' should be a bit safer. I think we've figured out the problem: a missing dependency in the coreutils build process. Coreutils requires ge

Re: dd.c crash coreutils-5.97

2006-09-14 Thread Martin Ellis
[ Apologies if this doesn't thread correctly - I'm not subscribed, so can't just hit reply. Please CC any replies. ] Regarding this backtrace: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-coreutils/2006-09/msg00017.html FWIW, my backup script was failing, so I looked into this today: From around lin

Re: dd.c crash coreutils-5.97

2006-09-03 Thread Bob Proulx
Jon Grant wrote: > Please include my email address in any replies. > > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-6.1.tar.gz > > Ok, with this it works fine. Is coreutils due for release soon? The 6.1 release is only a few days old! Here is the announcement. http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html

Re: dd.c crash coreutils-5.97

2006-09-03 Thread Jon Grant
Hi Paul, Thanks for your reply. [...] > ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/coreutils/coreutils-6.1.tar.gz Ok, with this it works fine. Is coreutils due for release soon? Please include my email address in any replies. Kind regards Jon ___ Bug-coreutils mailin

Re: dd.c crash coreutils-5.97

2006-09-03 Thread Paul Eggert
Thanks for reporting that. Unfortunately the traceback doesn't give much info, and I'm a bit suspicious of the backtrace, since I don't know why vfprintf would call cuserid. Could you please try compiling coreutils 6.1 and see whether you can reproduce the problem there? If you compile with -g y