[gnu.utils.bug] tar-1.07 bus errors

jte@sai.UUCP (John Evans) (12/31/89)

Has anyone been having problems with tar-1.07 getting a bus error.

This seems to cause a bus error:

tar cfv junk 1 2   # Create a tar file named junk on hard disk named junk with
                   # files 1 and 2.
result: Creates a good tar disk file.

tar rfv junk 3 4   # attempt to append files 3 and 4 to disk file junk.
result: Bus error - core dumped

Compiled on 386 machine with Interactive 3.2 2 Unix.
Makefile was set for USG.