Description of problem: 1. run backup of home directory (aproximately 80+ GB): $sudo tar -I lbzip2 -cvf my_home.tar.bz2 /home/me 2. after a few minutes observe "lbzip2: encode.c:794: generate_initial_trees: Assertion `a < b' failed." and crash. Version-Release number of selected component: lbzip2-2.2-4.fc19 Additional info: reporter: libreport-2.1.9 backtrace_rating: 4 cmdline: lbzip2 crash_function: generate_initial_trees executable: /usr/bin/lbzip2 kernel: 3.9.5-301.fc19.x86_64 runlevel: N 5 type: CCpp uid: 0 Truncated backtrace: Thread no. 1 (6 frames) #4 generate_initial_trees at encode.c:794 #5 generate_prefix_code at encode.c:892 #6 encode at encode.c:357 #7 do_collect at compress.c:118 #8 worker_thread_proc at process.c:433 #9 thread_entry at process.c:82
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This is the same as Gentoo bz#436382 https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=436382 https://github.com/kjn/lbzip2/issues/8 Fixed upstream in 2.3. I will backport patch.
Fixed in lbzip2-2.2-5
lbzip2-2.2-5.fc19 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 19. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lbzip2-2.2-5.fc19
lbzip2-2.2-5.fc20 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 20. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lbzip2-2.2-5.fc20
lbzip2-2.2-5.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18. https://admin.fedoraproject.org/updates/lbzip2-2.2-5.fc18
I believe that this bug is fixed in lbzip2-2.2-5, which is available in updates for Fedora 19, so I am closing this bug now. The build containing the fix can be found at Koji: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=478936
lbzip2-2.2-5.fc18 has been pushed to the Fedora 18 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
lbzip2-2.2-5.fc19 has been pushed to the Fedora 19 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
lbzip2-2.2-5.fc20 has been pushed to the Fedora 20 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.