In case anyone would like to look into this I had this undiagnosed free() error from git-remote-http in git version 1.7.2.1: error: Couldn't create temporary file /tmp/clone/main.git/.git/objects/e3/2a06e85053d958f78a20f37c9604e40b8282ad.temp: No such file or directory *** glibc detected *** git-remote-http: free(): invalid pointer: 0x00000000006848c0 *** ======= Backtrace: ========= /lib64/libc.so.6[0x3c9b6722ef] /lib64/libc.so.6(cfree+0x4b)[0x3c9b67273b] git-remote-http[0x406e2d] git-remote-http[0x407671] git-remote-http[0x407abe] git-remote-http[0x429044] git-remote-http[0x404a9a] /lib64/libc.so.6(__libc_start_main+0xf4)[0x3c9b61d994] git-remote-http(fwrite+0x129)[0x4034e9] ======= Memory map: ======== 00400000-00474000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 12260242 /usr/libexec/git-core/git-remote-http 00674000-00676000 rw-p 00074000 fd:00 12260242 /usr/libexec/git-core/git-remote-http 00676000-00696000 rw-p 00676000 00:00 0 00875000-00877000 rw-p 00075000 fd:00 12260242 /usr/libexec/git-core/git-remote-http 021e9000-027a2000 rw-p 021e9000 00:00 0 [heap] 369c200000-369c215000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193169 /lib64/libselinux.so.1 369c215000-369c415000 ---p 00015000 fd:00 6193169 /lib64/libselinux.so.1 369c415000-369c417000 rw-p 00015000 fd:00 6193169 /lib64/libselinux.so.1 369c417000-369c418000 rw-p 369c417000 00:00 0 369d200000-369d20d000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193154 /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1 369d20d000-369d40d000 ---p 0000d000 fd:00 6193154 /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1 369d40d000-369d40e000 rw-p 0000d000 fd:00 6193154 /lib64/libgcc_s-4.1.2-20080825.so.1 369de00000-369de3b000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193167 /lib64/libsepol.so.1 369de3b000-369e03b000 ---p 0003b000 fd:00 6193167 /lib64/libsepol.so.1 369e03b000-369e03c000 rw-p 0003b000 fd:00 6193167 /lib64/libsepol.so.1 369e03c000-369e046000 rw-p 369e03c000 00:00 0 369e200000-369e211000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193165 /lib64/libresolv-2.5.so 369e211000-369e411000 ---p 00011000 fd:00 6193165 /lib64/libresolv-2.5.so 369e411000-369e412000 r--p 00011000 fd:00 6193165 /lib64/libresolv-2.5.so 369e412000-369e413000 rw-p 00012000 fd:00 6193165 /lib64/libresolv-2.5.so 369e413000-369e415000 rw-p 369e413000 00:00 0 3a17800000-3a1783b000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 11842620 /usr/lib64/libcurl.so.3.0.0 3a1783b000-3a17a3b000 ---p 0003b000 fd:00 11842620 /usr/lib64/libcurl.so.3.0.0 3a17a3b000-3a17a3d000 rw-p 0003b000 fd:00 11842620 /usr/lib64/libcurl.so.3.0.0 3c46e00000-3c46e31000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 11840244 /usr/lib64/libidn.so.11.5.19 3c46e31000-3c47030000 ---p 00031000 fd:00 11840244 /usr/lib64/libidn.so.11.5.19 3c47030000-3c47031000 rw-p 00030000 fd:00 11840244 /usr/lib64/libidn.so.11.5.19 3c9b200000-3c9b21c000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193446 /lib64/ld-2.5.so 3c9b41b000-3c9b41c000 r--p 0001b000 fd:00 6193446 /lib64/ld-2.5.so 3c9b41c000-3c9b41d000 rw-p 0001c000 fd:00 6193446 /lib64/ld-2.5.so 3c9b600000-3c9b74d000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193447 /lib64/libc-2.5.so 3c9b74d000-3c9b94d000 ---p 0014d000 fd:00 6193447 /lib64/libc-2.5.so 3c9b94d000-3c9b951000 r--p 0014d000 fd:00 6193447 /lib64/libc-2.5.so 3c9b951000-3c9b952000 rw-p 00151000 fd:00 6193447 /lib64/libc-2.5.so 3c9b952000-3c9b957000 rw-p 3c9b952000 00:00 0 3c9ba00000-3c9ba02000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193448 /lib64/libdl-2.5.so 3c9ba02000-3c9bc02000 ---p 00002000 fd:00 6193448 /lib64/libdl-2.5.so 3c9bc02000-3c9bc03000 r--p 00002000 fd:00 6193448 /lib64/libdl-2.5.so 3c9bc03000-3c9bc04000 rw-p 00003000 fd:00 6193448 /lib64/libdl-2.5.so 3c9be00000-3c9be16000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193452 /lib64/libpthread-2.5.so 3c9be16000-3c9c015000 ---p 00016000 fd:00 6193452 /lib64/libpthread-2.5.so 3c9c015000-3c9c016000 r--p 00015000 fd:00 6193452 /lib64/libpthread-2.5.so 3c9c016000-3c9c017000 rw-p 00016000 fd:00 6193452 /lib64/libpthread-2.5.so 3c9c017000-3c9c01b000 rw-p 3c9c017000 00:00 0 3c9ce00000-3c9ce14000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 11835868 /usr/lib64/libz.so.1.2.3 3c9ce14000-3c9d013000 ---p 00014000 fd:00 11835868 /usr/lib64/libz.so.1.2.3 3c9d013000-3c9d014000 rw-p 00013000 fd:00 11835868 /usr/lib64/libz.so.1.2.3 3c9ea00000-3c9ea02000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193461 /lib64/libcom_err.so.2.1 3c9ea02000-3c9ec01000 ---p 00002000 fd:00 6193461 /lib64/libcom_err.so.2.1 3c9ec01000-3c9ec02000 rw-p 00001000 fd:00 6193461 /lib64/libcom_err.so.2.1 3c9f600000-3c9f620000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193466 /lib64/libexpat.so.0.5.0 3c9f620000-3c9f81f000 ---p 00020000 fd:00 6193466 /lib64/libexpat.so.0.5.0 3c9f81f000-3c9f822000 rw-p 0001f000 fd:00 6193466 /lib64/libexpat.so.0.5.0 3ec6e00000-3ec6e45000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193218 /lib64/libssl.so.0.9.8e 3ec6e45000-3ec7044000 ---p 00045000 fd:00 6193218 /lib64/libssl.so.0.9.8e 3ec7044000-3ec704a000 rw-p 00044000 fd:00 6193218 /lib64/libssl.so.0.9.8e 3ec7200000-3ec7208000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 11841734 /usr/lib64/libkrb5support.so.0.1 3ec7208000-3ec7407000 ---p 00008000 fd:00 11841734 /usr/lib64/libkrb5support.so.0.1 3ec7407000-3ec7408000 rw-p 00007000 fd:00 11841734 /usr/lib64/libkrb5support.so.0.1 3ec7600000-3ec7602000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193214 /lib64/libkeyutils-1.2.so 3ec7602000-3ec7801000 ---p 00002000 fd:00 6193214 /lib64/libkeyutils-1.2.so 3ec7801000-3ec7802000 rw-p 00001000 fd:00 6193214 /lib64/libkeyutils-1.2.so 3ec8a00000-3ec8a91000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 11842706 /usr/lib64/libkrb5.so.3.3 3ec8a91000-3ec8c91000 ---p 00091000 fd:00 11842706 /usr/lib64/libkrb5.so.3.3 3ec8c91000-3ec8c95000 rw-p 00091000 fd:00 11842706 /usr/lib64/libkrb5.so.3.3 3ec8e00000-3ec8e2c000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 11843236 /usr/lib64/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 3ec8e2c000-3ec902c000 ---p 0002c000 fd:00 11843236 /usr/lib64/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 3ec902c000-3ec902e000 rw-p 0002c000 fd:00 11843236 /usr/lib64/libgssapi_krb5.so.2.2 3ec9200000-3ec9224000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 11841735 /usr/lib64/libk5crypto.so.3.1 3ec9224000-3ec9423000 ---p 00024000 fd:00 11841735 /usr/lib64/libk5crypto.so.3.1 3ec9423000-3ec9425000 rw-p 00023000 fd:00 11841735 /usr/lib64/libk5crypto.so.3.1 3ec9a00000-3ec9b2d000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193209 /lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8e 3ec9b2d000-3ec9d2c000 ---p 0012d000 fd:00 6193209 /lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8e 3ec9d2c000-3ec9d4d000 rw-p 0012c000 fd:00 6193209 /lib64/libcrypto.so.0.9.8e 3ec9d4d000-3ec9d51000 rw-p 3ec9d4d000 00:00 0 2afc5e15e000-2afc5e161000 rw-p 2afc5e15e000 00:00 0 2afc5e16a000-2afc5e172000 rw-p 2afc5e16a000 00:00 0 2afc5e17d000-2afc5e187000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193177 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so 2afc5e187000-2afc5e386000 ---p 0000a000 fd:00 6193177 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so 2afc5e386000-2afc5e387000 r--p 00009000 fd:00 6193177 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so 2afc5e387000-2afc5e388000 rw-p 0000a000 fd:00 6193177 /lib64/libnss_files-2.5.so 2afc5e388000-2afc5e38c000 r-xp 00000000 fd:00 6193175 /lib64/libnss_dns-2.5.so 2afc5e38c000-2afc5e58b000 ---p 00004000 fd:00 6193175 /lib64/libnss_dns-2.5.so 2afc5e58b000-2afc5e58c000 r--p 00003000 fd:00 6193175 /lib64/libnss_dns-2.5.so 2afc5e58c000-2afc5e58d000 rw-p 00004000 fd:00 6193175 /lib64/libnss_dns-2.5.so 2afc5e58d000-2afc5e86b000 rw-p 2afc5e58d000 00:00 0 7fff9f4e1000-7fff9f4f6000 rw-p 7ffffffe9000 00:00 0 [stack] ffffffffff600000-ffffffffffe00000 ---p 00000000 00:00 0 [vdso] It happened when I rm -rf'd the /tmp/clone directory that git-remote-http was working on. It's possibly fixed in later versions of git, I didn't check. Just posting it here in case someone has time to write a test for this / track it down. I don't at the moment.q -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html