On Thu, Feb 24, 2005 at 01:13:05PM -0800, Kean Johnston wrote: > Hi all, > > This is my first posting to this list so go easy :) > > While doing a make test on the BerkeleyDB module I am getting a > core dump from perl. A stack trace shows its breaking in > Perl_newRV_noinc (tmpRef=0x0), called from Perl_newRV (tmpRef=0x0). > Now, I dont know what conditions lead up to Perl_newRV being called > with a NULL pointer, but shouldn't that case be covered by the > code? The actual core dump occurs when trying to do SvTEMP_off(tmpRef), > becuase thats trying to reference sv->sv_flags. > > Platform is SCO 5.0.7 (I know I know), compiler is gcc 2.95.3. > This worked in 5.8.4, which was the last version I tried. > > Any/all help greatly appreciated. > > Kean >
Hi Kean, Could you actually forward the backtrace. That would help find that naughty NULL pointer that's causing the core dump. Thanks! Steve Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
