# Bus error on git merge

1 messages from 2009-04-17 to 2009-04-17. Participants: Rich Collins.
Thread: https://gitlist.dev/t/18923

## Rich Collins, 2009-04-17 17:34

Subject: Bus error on git merge
Message-ID: <f1bd8f970904171034h734624e9ha0d06ef085460d93@mail.gmail.com>
URL: https://gitlist.dev/e/f1bd8f970904171034h734624e9ha0d06ef085460d93%40mail.gmail.com

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I'm getting a Bus error when I try to merge on Intel OS X:

(gdb) run
Starting program: /usr/local/bin/git merge
4396bbd7ff5fe3084c11e0cd11a7928cf77e3755
Reading symbols for shared libraries ++++++. done

Program received signal EXC_BAD_ACCESS, Could not access memory.
Reason: KERN_PROTECTION_FAILURE at address: 0x00000004
0x00087e63 in sha_eq ()
(gdb) bt
#0  0x00087e63 in sha_eq ()
#1  0x00088866 in merge_trees ()
#2  0x0008a400 in merge_recursive ()
#3  0x000389dc in try_merge_strategy ()
#4  0x0003a2df in cmd_merge ()
#5  0x000024db in handle_internal_command ()
#6  0x00002742 in main ()

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