I can confirm this bug. (gdb) run if=/dev/hdc of=/tmp.dvd.iso bs=2048 conv=noerror,sync,fsync,fdatasync Starting program: /tmp/coreutils-5.93/coreutils-5.93/src/dd if=/dev/hdc of=/tmp/dvd.iso bs=2048 conv=noerror,sync,fsync,fdatasync [Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled] [New Thread -1209678144 (LWP 7728)] [Switching to Thread -1209678144 (LWP 7728)]
/tmp/coreutils-5.93/coreutils-5.93/src/dd: reading `/dev/hdc': Input/output error 445462+0 records in 445462+0 records out Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0xb7eda2a3 in strlen () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0xb7eda2a3 in strlen () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #1 0xb7eae2e4 in vfprintf () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #2 0xb7eaad7c in cuserid () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #3 0xb7eaafbb in vfprintf () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #4 0xb7eb36af in fprintf () from /lib/tls/i686/cmov/libc.so.6 #5 0x080497b2 in print_stats () at dd.c:553 #6 0x0804ac14 in dd_copy () at dd.c:1435 #7 0x0804b3ee in main (argc=5, argv=0xbfbcedc4) at dd.c:1691 (gdb) Also see Jon Grant's mail to bug-coreutils. http://www.mail-archive.com/bug-coreutils@gnu.org/msg07689.html He's also using Ubuntu, coreutils 5.97 and gets exactly the same dd bug. -- dd segv's unless status=noxfer flag used https://launchpad.net/bugs/59624 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
