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From: Simon Shapiro <shimon@simon-shapiro.org>
To: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com>
Subject: Re: Compiler Bug???
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On 25-Nov-97 Nate Williams wrote:
 
...

> Can't be a compiler bug, since compiler bugs don't go away with
> reboots.

I have seen cases where you would be wrong, such as unitialized data
that gets cleared when the hardware resets.

Terry gave the probable cause:  Missing Xsync.

I probably mixed this one with funny thnigs last week (such as cc1
segfaulting under SMP, etc.)

Thanx for the help.

Simon