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Bug ID 6578528
Synopsis /usr/bin/tar dumps core when extracting large files
State 10-Fix Delivered (Fix available in build)
Category:Subcategory utility:archiver
Keywords rtiq_reviewed
Responsible Engineer Arindam Sarkar
Reported Against s10 , snv_77
Duplicate Of
Introduced In solaris_2.0
Commit to Fix snv_79
Fixed In snv_79
Release Fixed solaris_nevada(snv_79) , solaris_10u5(s10u5_08) (Bug ID:2152341)
Related Bugs 6316433 , 4825822
Submit Date 10-July-2007
Last Update Date 2-January-2008
Description 
/usr/bin/tar dumps core when extracting large files
tar(1) dumps core when handling large files, having acl set. Here are the steps to reproduce.


1) create a big file >8g;cd /mnt;mkfile 9g bigfile
2) setfacl -m u:as158974:7 bigfile; chmod u+xs bigfile
3) run the following

cd /mnt;
tar -Ecpf - . | ( cd /mnt && tar -xpf - );
Work Around 
N/A
Comments 
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