Hi EBo,

> Usually when malloc wedges up like this it is caused by just a coupe of
> things 1) a double free of the same allocated block, 2) writing past the
> end of a block, or 3) freeing up memory that was allocated by one
> process but still accessing it in a different one.  Anyway that is my
> personal experience.    YMMV.

I'm sure that's right.  However, it requires familiarity with the code 
that I don't have to find that sort of thing, so I've been trying (and 
failing) to save time by using tools instead.

> If that is the problem, good luck finding
> that.  If you do I'll buy you a beer, pot of tea, or ice-cream cone (you
> name your favorite poison)

Woo hoo!  EBo's doubled the bounty!  Hopefully we'll find the bug twice 
as fast now.  ;)

        John

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