bruce@sonyd1.Broadcast.Sony.COM (Bruce Lilly) (09/27/90)
When a frozen configuration file exists, and sendmail (5.64 with
IDA enhancements) is run with the -d debug flag, the process
stops and dumps core (memory fault). e.g.:
sendmail -d -v -bv foo
Version 5.64+
setoption v=
setoption c=F
setoption d=
ksh: 15597 Memory fault
This doesn't happen if 1) vanilla 5.64 is used, or 2) no frozen
configuration file exists. A preliminary investigation revealed
that malloc complains about an apparent corruption of the heap;
5.64+ seems to call malloc and free a few times more before
freeze than does 5.64.
I'm still investigating, but as there are no doubt many
differences in implementation of malloc(), I wondered if anybody
else could confirm this problem.
Please reply via email; I'll post a summary.
Thanks,
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