It seems this is caused by a bug in eglibc. This bug has been fixed in v2.12 but Ubuntu Lucid ships v2.11.1.
2010-02-24 Ulrich Drepper <drep...@redhat.com> [BZ #5553] * malloc/malloc.c (public_vALLOc): Set ar_ptr when trying main_arena. (public_pVALLOc): Likewise. Patch by Petr Baudis. Maybe this patch could be applied to the Ubuntu Lucid package? ** Patch added: "Patch I took from http://www.eglibc.org/archives/commits/msg01435.html"; http://launchpadlibrarian.net/52542299/eglibc-valloc.patch ** Bug watch added: Sourceware.org Bugzilla #5553 http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=5553 -- assert hit in eglibc (valloc) with libtorrent v0.15 https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/490024 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs