Libc6 malloc bites?

[Sean Neakums]

begin jeremy  quotation:

> Am I correct in thinking that this is malloc from libc causing the
> trouble?  Is there a chance that going forwards or backwards a
> version will help?

It could equally be a problem with the Perl you are running.  If
malloc is passed a bad pointer, there is little it can do to avoid
eating out its own entrails and dumping core.

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