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RE: calloc failure



>
> Try OPENLDAP_REL_ENG_1_2 (available via AnonCVS
> http://www.openldap.org/software/repo.html).  It includes
> a number of memory management fixes that are being tested
> for release.
>
> >calloc of 709707071 elems of 4 bytes failed
>
> That strikes me as a bit large.  ~2.5 GB.   You might
> insert an abort in ch_malloc.c where this message is
> printed from such that you can obtain a stack back
> trace from the core dump.

That number is interesting, in hex it is 2A4D453F or ASCII '*ME?' Things are
always suspicious when you find printable ASCII characters overwriting
values on your stack. The stack back trace may not be usable...