Michael D Schleif wrote:
>     [compress got signal 11, /usr/bin/smbclient got signal 13]

Weren't mysterious signal 11's often an indication of failing RAM
modules?  The classical `test' on linux was to compile the kernel; if
that segfaults at different places, the verdict was faulty memory most
of the time.

(The other process, smbclient or tar, would logically get a SIGPIPE when
trying to read from the defunct compress.)

Alex

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