[NTLUG:Discuss] Stack size or malloc problem

[Ralph Green, Jr]

Howdy,
  I have been having a lot of problems with a program I am working on
that uses the MySQL database.  It is a C program and itdoes many
thousands of database updates.  I start having odd little problems that
look to me like either 1)insufficient stack space, or 2) malloc and free
problems.  I know my mallocs and free are right, but I don't know about
MySQLs.
  1. How do you specify the stack size when linking an application.  I
tried the preprocessor option, but it does not seem to work.  In fact, I
wonder how to tell how large the stack on an application is.  I have
been going through a number of documents, but I have not found anything.
  2. My OS is a 2.4.21 kernel and the gcc is ver 2.95.  The program
usually seg faults in localtime() or mktime() or fclose().  The code
that fails is good, so it must be dying as a side affect of something
else.  I say the code is good because I have cut it out, put it in a
small test program and it passed.  I can tell where it dies using gdb,
but I am stumped.  If anyone has an idea of where to look, I would
appreciate it.
Good day,
Ralph