> I figured out what it was - the glibc I'm using has a memory leak and
> the bug is reported in the mysql docs. Has anyone upgraded the glibc
> of a running system? (through RPM..) Any side effects or possible
> crashes I should know about?
I've upgraded the glibc of a running Debian system through dpkg/dselect
many times, without trouble. I don't imagine Red Hat Linux could be
substantially worse.
Colm
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