From: "Alexei A. Frounze" <dummy_addressee AT hotmail DOT com>
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Subject: Re: Hunting Sigsev Errors
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:29:03 -0500
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"Kenneth A. Strom" <therelic AT voyager DOT net> wrote in message
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>
> Is there anything that will make this easier?  I have gone over the code
> many times,
> ignored it for a few days, try fully recompiling after del *.o, and
> there is usually a sigsev the first time I run the program after
> compiling.  What are the best ways of tracking down this type of error
> if it is a memory problem, since it says error in free(), but doesn't
> give any other info in gdb?  Any suggestions?
>

if in free(), make sure the pointer is valid.

Good Luck
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