Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Corruption bug in CPU, kernel or tar | From | François Pinard <> | Date | 14 Jul 1999 01:52:58 -0400 |
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Nate Eldredge <nate@cartsys.com> writes:
> I'm chasing a bug which I found while doing a stress-test with `(tar x; tar > d) &' times seventeen. It involves occasional corruption of an extracted > file (every few days). [...] Is there anything in tar or the kernel > that handles 32-byte chunks and might be able to cause such corruption? > Alternatively, has anyone heard of similar problems with the K6-3?
I'm not at all claiming that `tar' is innocent, but from your description, I do not remember another user report, or a known bug, that would explain the above behaviour. Of course, if you get some information that allows to strongly suspect `tar', we should surely investigate. Keep happy!
-- François Pinard http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~pinard
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