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From: David Greenman <dg@root.com>
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>Hi. Just wondering what a bus error means... I haven't got a clue!  I am
>trying to run a simple C compiled program that uses the crypt function.
>It also dumps the core... any thoughts?

   A "bus error" (actually SIGBUS) occurs whenever a program attempts to
write to an area of memory that is protected read-only. This can occur when
trying to modify a "const" variable, for example.

-DG

David Greenman
Core-team/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project