--- utils.save	2009-10-23 15:04:24.000000000 +0200
+++ heartbeat-2.0.8/lib/crm/common/utils.c	2009-10-23 15:04:35.000000000 +0200
@@ -698,7 +698,6 @@
 crm_str_eq(const char *a, const char *b, gboolean use_case) 
 {
 	if(a == NULL || b == NULL) {
-		CRM_ASSERT(a != b);
 		return FALSE;
 
 	} else if(use_case && a[0] != b[0]) {