empty files on sparc 64

[linas@us.ibm.com]

> just tested the cvs version of arla from this morning on my sparc ultra 5
> running debian 2.1. Most things seem to work but some files are empty. If I
> cat them there is nothing:

I haven't tested arla very much on the Linux/sparc64, but I tested it
just now, and I get the same result. The files are not empty though,
they are filled with zero bytes.

I don't know what the problem is, but I'm debugging it right now.

/Magnus