I've uploaded the Utopic version of libtar to the Trusty proposed queue for review by an SRU team member.
** Changed in: libtar (Ubuntu Trusty) Status: Triaged => In Progress ** Changed in: libtar (Ubuntu Trusty) Assignee: (unassigned) => Brian Murray (brian-murray) ** Description changed: + [Test Case] + 1) Download the sample program from comment #7 + 2) Compile the program (gcc foo.c -ltar -o foo + 3) Run ./foo <any-tarfile> + + Using the version of libtar from Trusty (1.2.20-3) the foo program will + crash. Using the version of libtar from trusty-proposed + (1.2.20-3ubuntu0.1) it should not. + Description: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Release: 14.04 libtar0: - Installed: 1.2.19-1 (working) - Candidate: 1.2.20-3 (segfaults) + Installed: 1.2.19-1 (working) + Candidate: 1.2.20-3 (segfaults) I stumbled over this bug when trying to use Stopmotion. It segfaulted when trying to load a project file. I debugged it and ended up at 'tar_extract_all'. Stopmotion worked well again when I downgraded libtar to 1.2.19-1 from saucy. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1315742 Title: Segmentation fault on tar_extract_all in 14.04/1.2.20-3 To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/trusty-backports/+bug/1315742/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs