bug fix

another malloc problem fixed...

At the bottom of ars_CreateEntry I had a FreeARValueList, which I changed
to a plain free.  The problem was FreeARValueList would deallocate strings
in the list and destroy the functions argument list.

the fixed version is at:
ftp://smurfland.cit.buffalo.edu/ftp/pub/utils/Perl/ARSperl.tgz

(sorry no diff included...)



> From own...@lu... Fri Aug 30 11:32 PDT 1996
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> I'm encountering the following error when using the ars_CreateEntry()
> function of ARSperl:
> 
>     Bad free() ignored 
> 
> The error first appeared when an associative array of valid name/value
> pairs was passed to ars_CreateEntry(). For instance:
> 
>     $entry = ars_CreateEntry($ctrl, $schema, %data_copy);
> 
> Passing the same data as a regular array did NOT produce the error:
> 
>     @data_copy      = %data;
>     $entry = ars_CreateEntry($ctrl, $schema, @data_copy);
> 
> 
> (Additional strange factoid: Perl seemed unable to correctly determine where
> the problem was in the program. For instance, it stated that the problem
> line was, say, 154. However, adding a couple of extra lines of code before
> line 154 didn't change the error message; it still stated that the problem
> line was 154.)
> 
> A group of people working independently on the same project as I am
> feel that this problem is directly related to using the Netscape
> Server. They state that changing the code a bit may often seem to fix
> the immediate problem (as with the array switcheroo above), but the
> underlying problems will still be there, and that the only real fix at
> this time is to change the server software to something else (CERN,
> Apache, or what-have-you).
> 
> 
> Is this is a problem with ARSperl?
> 
> Is this is a problem with the Netscape Server?
> 
> Is this is a problem with combining the two?
> 
> Or, is it something else?
> 
> 
> I am using the following combination of software:
> 
>     Netscape Communications Server, 1.12
>     ARS perl extensions, version 1.2++
>     IRIX 6.2
>     Perl version 5.002
>     CGI.pm,v 2.23
> 
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