I just installed netbsd 1.3 on a IIci, and i've been recompiling some
things for it. While compiling ssh-1.2.22, the compiler dumped core at
different places throughout the make process, and after just remaking it
several times, i ended up with working ssh binaries. The same thing
happened with ircii and gmake. Other programs (like find and grep) are
dumping core randomly - the command line that causes a crash works fine
9/10 times.

Is this a hardware problem? Unfortunately, I don't know what to do with a
core file to see what caused the crash, but because none of the errors are
reproducible, i don't think it is a software problem.

if it's relevant, this was a new 1.3 install over an existing (but rm /'d)
1.2.1 install. the IIci has two asante ethernet cards, a 200MB maxtor hard
drive, and 32MB of ram. i tried reseating the ram, but the problem
persists.

any ideas?

thanks,
Jason