[cvsnt] Re: Problem wit binary files after upgrading server from 2.5.01.1976 to 2.5.03.2151

[Daniel Lapolla]

I reported that error a few weeks ago against version 2.5.03.2151, built 
in a RHEL 3 environment.

When using the official RPM I'm unable to commit on binary files with 
delta (on RHEL 3 also). But on RHEL 4 it works fine! (Despite I don't 
know whether the warning message is suppressed or the problem is not 
present).

As Michael Wojcik stated in his post on 2006-02-09 
(http://list.nodomain.org/pipermail/cvsnt/2006-February/023745.html):

"Yes, it's glibc's malloc validation code.  Unless it's a bug in glibc 
itself, which is unlikely, it indicates a bug in the CVSNT server or in 
some code that it calls.  The address looks plausible, so my guess is a 
duplicate free."

We were unable to find the problem, so the short term solution was a 
downgrade to 2.5.01.1976. (But, again, I don't know whether the warning 
message is supressed or the problem is not present).

Regards,

Daniel

Mark Johnson wrote:
> Did anyone find the cause of the error discussed in this thread.  I
> just hit it on an rtag.  This was previously working on a different
> repository on the same server, now I get this error:
> 
> C:\dev\cruise_work>cvs -q -d :sspi:slcp3esgcvs01:/freya_repo rtag -F
> QA_build-5 scm/cruise_work
> cvs rtag: warning: unrecognized response `free(): invalid pointer
> 0xb7470180!' from cvs server
> cvs [rtag aborted]: end of file from server (consult above messages if any)
> 
> My server is Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0
> server: (CVSNT) 2.5.02 (Servalan) Build 2088
> client: (CVSNT) 2.5.02 (Servalan) Build 2064
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Mark