>> linespec.o: file not recognized: File truncated
>
>  Does it contain any data? What does file say about it? Did you check
>  the buildlog for linespec.o?

reva: {22} file /usr/obj/gnu/usr.bin/gdb53/gdb/linespec.o
/usr/obj/gnu/usr.bin/gdb53/gdb/linespec.o: empty

From the log:

# compile gdb/linespec.o
/usr/tools/bin/m68k--netbsdelf-gcc -O2 -m68060 -Werror -I/usr/src/gnu 
/usr.bin/gdb53/gdb/../arch/m68k -I/usr/src/gnu/dist/gdb/gdb 
-I/usr/src/gnu/dis t/gdb/gdb/config -I/usr/src/gnu/dist/gdb/include 
-I/usr/src/gnu/dist/gdb/inclu de/opcode -I/usr/src/gnu/dist/gdb/bfd 
-I/usr/src/gnu/usr.bin/gdb53/gdb/../bfd
  -I/usr/src/gnu/dist/gdb/gdb/tui -DHAVE_CONFIG_H 
-DLOCALEDIR='"/usr/share/loca le"' -DUSE_INCLUDED_REGEX -DNETBSD_CORE 
-nostdinc -isystem /usr/dest/usr/incl ude -c 
/usr/src/gnu/dist/gdb/gdb/linespec.c

I reran this manually, and it generated a a file. Maybe it's time to check 
this memory or something...

reva: {45} file /usr/obj/gnu/usr.bin/gdb53/gdb/linespec.o/usr/obj/gnu/usr.bin/gdb53/gdb/linespec.o: 
ELF 32-bit MSB relocatable, Motorola 68020, version 1 (SYSV), not stripped

John
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