Description of problem: There is segfault on machine with not enough free disk space Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): zip from rhel58 distro How reproducible: deterministic Steps to Reproduce: have a machine with few gb free space and then: 0. file4gb=`mktemp` 1. archive4gb=`mktemp` 2. dd if=/dev/zero of=$file4gb bs=1M count=4096 3. zip $archive4gb $file4gb Actual results: /usr/share/beakerlib//testing.sh: line 728: 20222 Segmentation fault zip /tmp/tmp.zxcnW18374 /tmp/tmp.ytRDt18371 :: [ FAIL ] :: Archiving 4GB file (Expected 6, got 139) Expected results: zip fail with info msg "not enough free disk space" but no segfault Additional info:
This request was evaluated by Red Hat Product Management for inclusion in the current release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Because the affected component is not scheduled to be updated in the current release, Red Hat is unfortunately unable to address this request at this time. Red Hat invites you to ask your support representative to propose this request, if appropriate and relevant, in the next release of Red Hat Enterprise Linux.
RHEL-5.10 (the next RHEL-5 minor release) is going to be the first production phase 2 [1] release of RHEL-5. Since phase 2 we'll be addressing only security and critical issues. This one issue is fixed in RHEL-6 therefore I am closing the bug as NEXTRELEASE. [1] https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/