Please, could you test what are exactly condition of segfault ?
For me (glibc 2.7-15, x86_64) strace zsh -c 'ulimit -v 10000; strace ./a.out %$[5*2**25]d' segfaults, but strace zsh -c 'ulimit -v 10000; ./a.out %$[5*2**25]d' does not. Similarly with "ulimit -v 5000", it looks like strace with low-memory provokes segfault. Petr -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]