errors in sources while compiling Kernels

[Ingo Hohmann <fo7y018@public.uni-hamburg.de>]

Hi,

I just tried to compile a Kernel from source (2.0.34 from my hamm-
distribution) and there were errors in the source code:

/usr/src/linux/arch/i368/kernel/ptrace.c (Line 87):

static unsigned long get_long(struct task_struct * tsk, 
	struct vm_area_struct * vma, unsigned long addr 
{
                                                       ^
As you'll notice, there's a closing bracket missing.___|
What makes it interesting, the last time I compiled the
kernel was only some days ago, without any error, _and_
it isn't the first time I encountered "one-letter-errors"
in the sources.
Any ideas what causes this? 
Just in case you'll ask, yes, chkdsk found some errors recently,
but I don't remember errors the other times, and the kernel sources 
seem to be the only place where I get problems.


thanks in advance,

Ingo

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