> The diff.log.gz that you sent shows that there is indeed something wrong in > your system, but it is yet to be seen that you don't have filesystem > corruption > somewhere, or bad RAM chips.
Those were my first thoughts as well, so I ran fsck on both filesystems -- they were fine -- and I also repeated the diff runs detailed in the original report multiple times, once after a fresh boot, just to be sure. The results were always the same. Surely a hardware error would trigger more random errors? > So please, provide a minimal test case allowing this to be *reproduced*. I tried, but I don't have any. As soon as I move / copy the affected files somewhere else, the problem vanishes. Anyway, I've verified the files against a backup and they check out, so case closed for this particular instance, but I shudder to think what could happen if a core utility like diff can no longer be trusted 100%. Hmm, this does sound similar: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg00059.html. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
