Alex Riesen [off-list ref] writes:
As reported by Dave Jones:
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export MALLOC_PERTURB_=$(($RANDOM % 255 + 1))
which is handy for showing up such bugs.
More info on this glibc feature is at http://udrepper.livejournal.com/11429.html
Signed-off-by: Alex Riesen <redacted>
Thanks. I can reproduce the issue and the fix (and can even bisect this
down to ba22785 (Reduce the number of connects when fetching, 2008-02-04),
which makes perfect sense).
Will apply to 'maint' and merge up.