Hey alltogether, With this .netrc:
machine localhost default login anonymous password joe@ I get this: $ wget ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0/patch-2.0.1.gz --13:03:13-- http://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0/patch-2.0.1.gz => `patch-2.0.1.gz' wget: xmalloc.c:186: xfree_real: Assertion `ptr != ((void *)0)' failed. I've gotten this backtrace: (gdb) bt #0 0xffffe410 in ?? () #1 0xbfffe94c in ?? () #2 0x00000006 in ?? () #3 0x00001cb4 in ?? () #4 0x40186d41 in raise () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #5 0x40188529 in abort () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #6 0x40180573 in __assert_fail () from /lib/tls/libc.so.6 #7 0x0806fa33 in xfree_real (ptr=0x0) at xmalloc.c:186 #8 0x080645fa in maybe_add_to_list (newentry=0xbfffeb2c, list=0xbfffeb28) at netrc.c:219 #9 0x080649ce in parse_netrc (path=0xbfffeb60 "/suse/mmj/.netrc") at netrc.c:401 #10 0x0806448b in search_netrc (host=0x8085f08 "kernel.org", acc=0xbfffed0c, passwd=0xbfffed08, slack_default=1) at netrc.c:94 #11 0x0804f8f2 in getftp (u=0x8086508, len=0xbfffeef8, restval=0, con=0xbfffefb0) at ftp.c:264 #12 0x08051f58 in ftp_loop_internal (u=0x8086508, f=0x0, con=0xbfffefb0) at ftp.c:1229 #13 0x080533d0 in ftp_loop (u=0x8086508, dt=0xbffff138, proxy=0x0) at ftp.c:1891 #14 0x08068e59 in retrieve_url ( origurl=0x8086488 "ftp://kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0/patch-2.0.1.gz";, file=0xbffff130, newloc=0xbffff134, refurl=0x0, dt=0xbffff138) at retr.c:658 #15 0x0806403d in main (argc=2, argv=0xbffff1f4) at main.c:915 So since these pointers apparantly _can_ be NULL, how about the following patch: --- src/netrc.c +++ src/netrc.c @@ -215,9 +215,9 @@ if (a && ! a->acc) { /* Free any allocated space. */ - xfree (a->host); - xfree (a->acc); - xfree (a->passwd); + xfree_null (a->host); + xfree_null (a->acc); + xfree_null (a->passwd); } else { -- Mads Martin Joergensen, http://mmj.dk BÅK! "Why make things difficult, when it is possible to make them cryptic and totally illogical, with just a little bit more effort?" -- A. P. J.
