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From: Robert Chalmers <robert@nanguo.chalmers.com.au>
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Subject: Malloc bug report
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Date: Sat, 14 Dec 1996 11:43:06 +1000 (EST)
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The following is being reported in an attempt to track a Malloc problem.

uname -a
FreeBSD nanguo.chalmers.com.au 2.2-961014-SNAP 
FreeBSD 2.2-961014-SNAP #0: Wed Dec  4 19:45:06 EST 1996     
root@myname.my.domain:/usr/src/sys/compile/MYKERNEL  i386


problems
The malloc warnings I have found are 

1) in the httpd's error.log.  Both Apache, and NSCA httpd procuce the 
   same warning, which is
   Malloc warning: free():page already free.
   This warning is produced each time the file called 'index.html'
    is accessed. It may be produced by others, but certainly this
    file produces the warning in the error.log file.

2) in the 'tin' newsreader, when it _first_ starts, and is setting up 
    its files; it produces,
   Malloc warning: free():junk pointer, to high to make sense.

   it then carries on and completes the process.
   

to reporduce;

problem 1. Access index.html on the server root

problem 2. do a fresh, new start up of tin. 
            If already run, remove the files .newnewsrc, .oldnewsrc,
            and the directory .tin

thanks
Robert Chalmers

robert@chalmers.com.au
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