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Re: linux gzip flakiness?
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Martin Michlmayr |
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Re: linux gzip flakiness? |
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Wed, 17 Mar 2004 22:23:21 +0000 |
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* Paul Eggert <address@hidden> [2004-03-17 11:35]:
> Ken Shih <address@hidden> writes:
> > gzip: file.gz: invalid compressed data--crc error
> > gzip: file.gz: invalid compressed data--length error
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> > Is there some known issue about this bug creeping in?
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> It's news to me.
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> Another possibility is that it's a hardware or kernel bug. gzip tends
> to stress them a bit.
Ken, are you running a kernel with exec shield? I've seen similar
problems recently on a machine with exec shield, but have not had time
to investigate yet.
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Martin Michlmayr
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