*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer:
I run rsync every hour to backup log files and sometimes I get the following error: *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7fb207c *** /home/coach/crons/sync_logs.sh: line 4: 22285 Aborted /usr/bin/rsync I cant tell if the backup fails, as it runs again the following hour. Is this anything to worry about? Thank you for your time. SuSE 9.3 glibc-2.3.4-23.4
On Thursday 07 July 2005 19:10, Coach-X wrote:
I run rsync every hour to backup log files and sometimes I get the following error:
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7fb207c *** /home/coach/crons/sync_logs.sh: line 4: 22285 Aborted /usr/bin/rsync Well, I don't know anything about the internals of rsync or the glibc but an abort means that that the program terminated abnormally.
I cant tell if the backup fails, as it runs again the following hour.
Why not? Compare the backup files with the original and you will know.
Is this anything to worry about? Well, how important is the backup to you? You will have your reason to do it every hour and not once a day.
A backup that is not valid is useless. Ulf
Ulf Rasch wrote:
On Thursday 07 July 2005 19:10, Coach-X wrote:
I run rsync every hour to backup log files and sometimes I get the following error:
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7fb207c *** /home/coach/crons/sync_logs.sh: line 4: 22285 Aborted /usr/bin/rsync
Well, I don't know anything about the internals of rsync or the glibc but an abort means that that the program terminated abnormally.
I cant tell if the backup fails, as it runs again the following hour.
Why not? Compare the backup files with the original and you will know.
The file is overwritten each hour.
Is this anything to worry about?
Well, how important is the backup to you? You will have your reason to do it every hour and not once a day.
A backup that is not valid is useless.
Obviously.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2005-07-07 at 13:10 -0400, Coach-X wrote:
*** glibc detected *** free(): invalid pointer: 0xb7fb207c *** /home/coach/crons/sync_logs.sh: line 4: 22285 Aborted /usr/bin/rsync
I have seen similar errors (crashes) in several programs, and I still don't know if it is a problem with glibc or those programs :-( - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFCzXi9tTMYHG2NR9URAq2NAJ0W1RgBxrFTxYDL2LmjAXchttP/8wCgjt9u IBerLpa2/ri1MObfe/5V3Cw= =KyFg -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
"Carlos E. R." <robin1.listas@tiscali.es> [7 Jul 2005 20:47:22]:
I have seen similar errors (crashes) in several programs, and I still don't know if it is a problem with glibc or those programs :-(
Just believe glibc. These are problems in the programs, not glibc. Philipp
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 The Thursday 2005-07-07 at 22:21 +0200, Philipp Thomas wrote:
I have seen similar errors (crashes) in several programs, and I still don't know if it is a problem with glibc or those programs :-(
Just believe glibc. These are problems in the programs, not glibc.
Aha! Then, I'll try to note and report each one. pinfo/info is one of them, it crashes on certain info pages, in the same point. - -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Made with pgp4pine 1.76 iD8DBQFCzZCVtTMYHG2NR9URAjxsAKCC5Fh3WPZzOVH33wfdrNZ0QXQOUwCeL8Ha KYuwU+nz6qb3n7XykoyPqZk= =o7zW -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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