(I built wget on Solaris 8 with GCC 3.0.3.)
Here are the symptoms of the problem.
184-shade $ wget --recursive file:///
Segmentation Fault (core dumped)
185-shade $ wget --version
GNU Wget 1.8.1
Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
GNU General Public License for more details.
Originally written by Hrvoje Niksic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
186-shade $ uname -a
SunOS shade.twinsun.com 5.8 Generic_108528-13 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-1
187-shade $ gdb /opt/reb/bin/wget core
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This GDB was configured as "sparc-sun-solaris2.8"...
Core was generated by `wget --recursive file:///'.
Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault.
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmd5.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libmd5.so.1
Reading symbols from /opt/reb/lib/libssl.so.0.9.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /opt/reb/lib/libssl.so.0.9.6
Reading symbols from /opt/reb/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.6...done.
Loaded symbols for /opt/reb/lib/libcrypto.so.0.9.6
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libdl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libdl.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libsocket.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libnsl.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libc.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libc.so.1
Reading symbols from /usr/lib/libmp.so.2...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/lib/libmp.so.2
Reading symbols from /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-1/lib/libc_psr.so.1...done.
Loaded symbols for /usr/platform/SUNW,Ultra-1/lib/libc_psr.so.1
#0 0x0002a698 in retrieve_tree (start_url=0x4fb98 "file:///") at recur.c:201
201 recur.c: No such file or directory.
in recur.c
(gdb) where
#0 0x0002a698 in retrieve_tree (start_url=0x4fb98 "file:///") at recur.c:201
#1 0x0002832c in main (argc=-4264136, argv=0xffbef054) at main.c:812
