Re: c++ program reboots system.

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> Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault.
> ostream::flush (this=0x8c224) at iostream.cc:864
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> On Linux 2.4.18, the program just seg-faults (as it should).
> On the version you are using, you should write a 'C' program
> that does lseek() beyond EOF. There could be a bug there, but
> otherwise I can't tell from the program presented.

I executed the same C++ code on iPAQ , on the 2.4.7 kernel and it works fine !
no seg faults no reboots,
I also tried the C program you suggested , but that too works fine,  no 
reboots no seg faults!   :(

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