PR6678?

[Benjamin Kosnik]

> interesting to compare such behavior with that of 3.0.4: if wecan
> assess that this is a regression from 3.0.4 we can raise the priority
> of the PR to HIGH and almost certainly someone will look into it
> before 3.1.1.

This should be bumped up to HIGH now. I don't think it is a regression,
but it is serious. I noticed something similar when I did the valgrind
fixups.

I'm not quite sure what the deal is.

-benjamin