This seems very strange. Periodically I have seen the dd reblock test fail. It isn't a hard failure and that seems like a critical clue to me. But it also seems quite strange.
http://buildbot.proulx.com:9000/i686-gnu-linux-full/builds/990/step-test/0 + dd bs=3 ibs=1 obs=1 ... + diff -u err exp-no-reblock --- err 2008-11-29 07:07:22.000000000 -0700 +++ exp-no-reblock 2008-11-29 07:07:21.000000000 -0700 @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@ -1+1 records in -1+1 records out +0+2 records in +0+2 records out 4 bytes (4 B) copied + fail=1 Bob _______________________________________________ Bug-coreutils mailing list Bug-coreutils@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-coreutils