[user] segfault w/ error 4

[U.Mutlu]

Jonathan Wakely wrote, On 09/11/2012 10:29 AM:
> On Sep 11, 2012 9:22 AM, "U.Mutlu" <for-gmane@mutluit.com> wrote:
>>
>> Daniel Krügler wrote, On 09/11/2012 09:07 AM:
>>
>>> 2012/9/11 U.Mutlu <for-gmane@mutluit.com>:
>>>>
>>>> U.Mutlu wrote, On 09/11/2012 07:52 AM:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> There was in a function a string comparisions whereby a const std::string
>>>> was compared against a const ptr to char ("if (s == psz) ...").
>>>> Not sure if that could be the reason (IMHO yes), as it indeed looked ugly &
>>>> dangerous
>>>
>>>
>>> There should be nothing wrong with this, *unless* the pointer to char
>>> was a null
>>> pointer. basic_string has overloaded operator== with const char* as a
>>> single argument as
>>> well.
>>>
>>>> I now have replaced the char ptr by an ordinary std::string.
>>>> Will wait & observe what happens... :-)
>>>
>>>
>>> I would expect no difference, if the std::string is initialized with
>>> the same char pointer.
>>
>>
>> Right you are, the crashes continue... :-(
>
> Have you tried using a debugger?

It's a daemon program, and I have only basic experience with gdb,
and not sure how to debug such a daemon program in gdb.

> Can you run the program under valgrind?

will test this as next later in the evening