From:	Hans-Bernhard Broeker <broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de>
Newsgroups:	comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject:	Re: malloc/free crash
Date:	27 Jan 2003 17:03:16 GMT
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fru <elfrucool AT tutopia DOT com> wrote:
> I have runtime problems with malloc and free functions, simple:
> when I use malloc/free several times, there is a moment when my
> program crashes and display a message: page segmentation fault at .....

This almost certainly means you did something wrong with the pointers
returned by one or more of your malloc() calls.  See the DJGPP FAQ,
issue #9.2: Programs that crash in `malloc' or `free'.

I definitely recommend YAMD for findin this kind of bug.  Give it a try.
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Hans-Bernhard Broeker (broeker AT physik DOT rwth-aachen DOT de)
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