Re: Segfault in libc -- call to malloc from libpng
On Thu, Nov 18, 1999 at 10:41:37AM +0100, Richard Braakman wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 17, 1999 at 04:06:54PM -0500, Jim Ziegler wrote:
> > I have a program which uses libpng. Libpng makes several
> > calls to malloc. At some point libc segfaults.
>
> This is not necessarily libc's problem. If, for example, you try to
> free() the same piece of memory twice, then a segmentation fault is
> a reasonable result. You might try a memory-allocation debugger,
> such as dmalloc or electric-fence.
mtrace shows no such problem. any other suggestions? do you wish
me to drop you from this thread? should i move this to debian-glibc?
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> Richard Braakman
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