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Date:      Wed, 17 Sep 2003 13:33:36 -0700
From:      Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org>
To:        Kenton Brede <kbrede@revelation.unomaha.edu>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: problems with buildworld
Message-ID:  <20030917203336.GA17566@rot13.obsecurity.org>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.44.0309171121110.5022-100000@revelation.lib.unomaha.edu>
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On Wed, Sep 17, 2003 at 11:27:44AM -0500, Kenton Brede wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Sep 2003, Kenton Brede wrote:
>=20
> > I've attached "uname -a" and the last part of the compile process when=
=20
> > "make buildworld" quits.  Basically the last line ends with -
> >=20
> > /usr/src/usr.sbin/ipsend/../../contrib/ipfilter/iplang/iplang_y.y:24:=
=20
> > sys/stat.: No such file or direcory
> >=20
> > The process stops when it reaches "#include <sys/stat.^@>" line 24 in=
=20
> > iplang_y.y
>=20
> <snip>
>=20
> I think there is a memory problem on the system.  I talked to the
> person who installed the OS and she said she had a core dump after the
> install.  The compiler was having internal errors as well.  The iplang_y.=
y file is=20
> certainly corrupted with all the "^@" characters I found throughout the f=
ile. =20
> Could a cord dump cause this file to become corrupted?

Not likely.  It's more likely that the RAM corruption caused the file
to be written with the bit-flip in it when the sources were installed.
Expect to see more of these until you replace the broken RAM.

Kris

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