Re: [Boost-users] Program options (1.43.0) problem on Mac OS 10.6: pointer being freed not allocated

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] Program options (1.43.0) problem on Mac OS 10.6: pointer being freed not allocated
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-06-02 01:48:26

Robert McLay wrote:

> I'm using boost 1.43.0.  I have enclose a program which uses
> boost::program_options on a Mac OS 10.6 and when I run it, I get
> errors.  I have compiled boost with g++ version 4.4.1 and version 4.5.0
> and I get the same errors.  I have tried the version of boost (1.42.0)
> that comes from macports as well as downloaded version that I have build.
> 
> clo(87082) malloc: *** error for object 0xa0136db0: pointer being freed
> was not allocated.
> 
> The program is given below.   I have run the same program with boost
> 1.43.0 under linux and I don't get any errors.  It is also completely
> clean of any errors when run through valgrind.   The program is an
> example showing problem I'm having.  It has been extracted from a larger
> program.   Am I correctly using the library
> or is there a problem with boost (and only on a Mac?)

Could you catch a backtrace at the point where error happens?

- Volodya