Bug#5048: libc5 5.4.7 makes gnuplot and netscape coredump

[joost@rulcmc.leidenuniv.nl (joost witteveen)]

> 
> Package: libc5
> Version: 5.4.7-1
> 
> The netscape problem can be easily reproduced by going to any java
> site.
> 
> To get the gnuplot coredump, the following may be sufficient:
> 
> cd /usr/doc/examples/gnuplot
> gnuplot contours.dem
> 
> Downgrading to 5.2.18 fixes both problems.
> 

Yeah, and upgrading to gnuplot patchlevel 316 also fixes the problem

Checking gnuplot-3.5 with gdb showed it to crash in free(),
so I guess this is one more bug the new malloc shows us.

Unfortunately, I cannot seem to find the bug, and the "patchlevel 316"
version mentioned above is listed as beta, and, dumps core on some
of it's own demo files. Guy, I guess I cannot make you interested
in this problem?



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