107089 2005-09-24 06:47 0000 fortune-mod gives *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0000000000540530 *** 2006-08-04 20:50:46 0000 1 1 1 Unclassified Gentoo Linux Games 2005.0 AMD64 Linux RESOLVED FIXED P2 normal --- 1 gentoo-bugs@loftwyr.ca games@gentoo.org granum@sbcglobal.net lenzth@gmx.de simmonsm@nmsu.edu gentoo-bugs@loftwyr.ca 2005-09-24 06:47:10 0000 After a random number of fortune commands (never more than 10), I get the following error: *** glibc detected *** free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x0000000000540530 *** It even happens through wanda the fish (wanda gets cut off mid sentence) Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. fortune 2. repeat until message (crash) 3. Portage 2.0.51.22-r2 (default-linux/amd64/2005.1, gcc-3.4.4, glibc-2.3.5-r1, 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 x86_64) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r10 x86_64 AMD Opteron(tm) Processor 142 Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 ccache version 2.4 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5-r2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.18-r1 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="amd64" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=opteron -pipe" CHOST="x86_64-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/lib64/mozilla/defaults/pref /usr/share/config /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=opteron -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://gentoo.osuosl.org/ http://mirrors.acm.cs.rpi.edu/gentoo/" LDFLAGS="-Wl,-O1" MAKEOPTS="-j2" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" PORTDIR_OVERLAY="/usr/local/portage" SYNC="rsync://rsync.gentoo.org/gentoo-portage" USE="amd64 X aac alsa apache2 audiofile avi bdf berkdb bidi bitmap-fonts bmp bonobo browserplugin bzip2 cdparanoia cdr crypt css cups curl dvd dvdr dvdread eds emboss encode esd evo fbcon flac foomaticdb fortran ftp gd gif gnome gpm gstreamer gtk gtk2 gtkhtml guile hal icq imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg lcms libwww lm_sensors lzw lzw-tiff mad maildir mbox mime mozilla moznoirc mozsvg mp3 mpeg mplayer msn nas ncurses nls nptl nsplugin nvidia offensive ogg oggvorbis openal opengl oscar pam pcre pda pdflib perl php plotutils png ppds python qt quicktime readline samba sdl sndfile snmp soap sockets sox speex spell ssl tcltk tcpd theora tidy tiff truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts usb userlocales v4l videos vorbis wifi wxwindows xine xml xml2 xpm xv xvid zlib userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LINGUAS vapier@gentoo.org 2005-09-24 18:15:20 0000 yeah i can confirm that ... just never looked into it gentoo-bugs@loftwyr.ca 2005-09-24 18:24:53 0000 Never looked into it??!?? But fortune-mod is the most important app on any Linux system! Whole companies could collapse if their fortune is cut off! I think all other bug work should stop until this is solved!!!! ;) vapier@gentoo.org 2005-09-24 20:13:06 0000 ok, this is actually a bug in the recode library update to recode-3.6-r2 and that should fix this issue for you mr_bones_@gentoo.org 2005-11-16 20:06:47 0000 *** Bug 112772 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** mr_bones_@gentoo.org 2006-03-22 19:22:51 0000 *** Bug 127256 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. *** vapier@gentoo.org 2006-08-04 20:50:46 0000 *** Bug 128388 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***