$ gdb /usr/bin/php Reading symbols from /usr/bin/php...(no debugging symbols found)...done. (gdb) r -C -q -d include_path=/usr/share/pear -d output_buffering=1 -d variables_order=EGPCS -d open_basedir= -d safe_mode=0 -d register_argc_argv=On -d auto_prepend_file= -d auto_append_file= /usr/share/pear/pearcmd.php download Math_Matrix Starting program: /usr/bin/php -C -q -d include_path=/usr/share/pear -d output_buffering=1 -d variables_order=EGPCS -d open_basedir= -d safe_mode=0 -d register_argc_argv=On -d auto_prepend_file= -d auto_append_file= /usr/share/pear/pearcmd.php download Math_Matrix WARNING: channel "pear.php.net" has updated its protocols, use "pear channel-update pear.php.net" to update downloading Math_Matrix-0.8.0.tgz ... Starting to download Math_Matrix-0.8.0.tgz (12,450 bytes) .....done: 12,450 bytes Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0xb7c75e96 in memcpy () from /lib/libc.so.6 (gdb) bt #0 0xb7c75e96 in memcpy () from /lib/libc.so.6 #1 0x00001200 in ?? () #2 0xb7ee2ae6 in flush_pending () from /usr/lib/libz.so.1 #3 0xb7ee41c7 in deflate () from /usr/lib/libz.so.1 #4 0xb7ee7418 in gz_comp () from /usr/lib/libz.so.1 #5 0xb7ee7746 in gzflush () from /usr/lib/libz.so.1 #6 0x0809bfee in ?? () #7 0x0898dbd8 in ?? () #8 0x00000002 in ?? () #9 0xbfffc8e8 in ?? () #10 0x081884f8 in php_trim () #11 0x081e44ba in _php_stream_free () #12 0x081e476b in ?? () #13 0x08bfdfe0 in ?? () #14 0x0000000b in ?? () #15 0x00000000 in ?? ()