Here is what valgrind has to say on the subject. I ran it with --workaround-gcc296-bugs as the output suggested.
I have several entries like ==4684== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] ==4684== at 0x40046248: free (vg_clientfuncs.c:171) ==4684== by 0x8056592: BufferView::Pimpl::Pimpl(BufferView *, LyXView *, int, int, int, int) (/usr/include/g++-3/stl_alloc.h:433) ==4684== by 0x8051A6F: BufferView::BufferView(LyXView *, int, int, int, int) (in /home/lasgoutt/src/lyx/devbuild/src/lyx) ==4684== by 0x829E6C3: XFormsView::create_form_form_main(int, int) (in /home/ lasgoutt/src/lyx/devbuild/src/lyx) ==4684== Address 0x43CF8AE8 is 8 bytes inside a block of size 48 alloc'd ==4684== at 0x4004606C: __builtin_new (vg_clientfuncs.c:126) ==4684== by 0x830C7C0: boost::signals::detail::slot_base::create_connection(v oid) (../../../../../lyx-devel/boost/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:200) ==4684== by 0x805644C: BufferView::Pimpl::Pimpl(BufferView *, LyXView *, int, int, int, int) (../../lyx-devel/boost/boost/signals/slot.hpp:106) ==4684== by 0x8051A6F: BufferView::BufferView(LyXView *, int, int, int, int) (in /home/lasgoutt/src/lyx/devbuild/src/lyx) ==4684== ==4684== Invalid free() / delete / delete[] ==4684== at 0x40046248: free (vg_clientfuncs.c:171) ==4684== by 0x8056826: BufferView::Pimpl::Pimpl(BufferView *, LyXView *, int, int, int, int) (/usr/include/g++-3/stl_alloc.h:433) ==4684== by 0x8051A6F: BufferView::BufferView(LyXView *, int, int, int, int) (in /home/lasgoutt/src/lyx/devbuild/src/lyx) ==4684== by 0x829E6C3: XFormsView::create_form_form_main(int, int) (in /home/ lasgoutt/src/lyx/devbuild/src/lyx) ==4684== Address 0x43CF8E84 is 8 bytes inside a block of size 48 alloc'd ==4684== at 0x4004606C: __builtin_new (vg_clientfuncs.c:126) ==4684== by 0x830C7C0: boost::signals::detail::slot_base::create_connection(v oid) (../../../../../lyx-devel/boost/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:200) ==4684== by 0x80566DE: BufferView::Pimpl::Pimpl(BufferView *, LyXView *, int, int, int, int) (../../lyx-devel/boost/boost/signals/slot.hpp:106) ==4684== by 0x8051A6F: BufferView::BufferView(LyXView *, int, int, int, int) (in /home/lasgoutt/src/lyx/devbuild/src/lyx) ==4684== THese are the ones which crash without valgrind. How useful is this? JMarc