Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 08:44:34 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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Subject: Re: free crashes
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On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, Martell wrote:

> my program works fine, except when the line at the very end of my code
> comes along:
> 
> free(bmp.data);
> 
> then it crashes.  what in the world could cause this?!

Most probably, your bugs: your code overwrites the end of allocated 
buffer(s), somewhere.  For the details, see section 9.2 of the DJGPP FAQ 
list (available as v2/faq230b.zip from the same place you get DJGPP).