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From: Dieter <freebsd@sopwith.solgatos.com>
Subject: Re: tar segmentation fault
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> When source/usr/home/me/public_html is empty then it runs fine. But when I put
> any links in, tar dies with a segmentation fault.
>
> Has anyone got any ideas why?

> Yup, looks like I'm using bsdtar

Now that you know which tar you're using, :-)
time to drag out the standard debugging process for
segmentation faults.

1) get the sources

2) compile, adding "-g"

2a) If you get any compiler warnings, fix them
    and send the diffs to the maintainer.
    Often fixing the compiler warnings will
    fix a seg fault.

3) Try it again.  If it still seg faults,
   run it under a debugger and get a stack backtrace.