Subject: bin/7901: ftp warning message (malloc)
To: None <gnats-bugs@gnats.netbsd.org>
From: Mason Loring Bliss <mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us>
List: netbsd-bugs
Date: 07/03/1999 08:50:51
>Number:         7901
>Category:       bin
>Synopsis:       ftp gives malloc-related warning message during name lookup
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       non-critical
>Priority:       low
>Responsible:    bin-bug-people (Utility Bug People)
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Sat Jul  3 08:50:01 1999
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     Mason Loring Bliss
>Organization:
    Mason Loring Bliss  mason@acheron.middleboro.ma.us  They also surf who
awake ? sleep : dream;  http://acheron.ne.mediaone.net  only stand on waves.
>Release:        19990702
>Environment:
	
System: NetBSD acheron.middleboro.ma.us 1.4D NetBSD 1.4D (MLB) #4: Fri Jul 2 15:59:35 EDT 1999 root@acheron.middleboro.ma.us:/usr/src/sys/arch/i386/compile/MLB i386


>Description:

For example, after typing "make" in /usr/pkgsrc/games/spellcast:

>How-To-Repeat:

Make "spellcast" package with no local copy of the spellcast tarball.

>Fix:

Unknown.

>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
>> Attempting to fetch spellcast.tar.Z from http://www.edoc.com/zarf/ftp/.
ftp: non-recoverable failure in name resolution.: Undefined error: 0
ftp in free(): warning: junk pointer, too low to make sense.