# Ferret - Segmentation fault

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-segmentation-fault/89414>\
**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [March 20, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-segmentation-fault/89414 "2007-03-20T09:20:37Z")\
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**Author:** ![stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stemey)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 9:20am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-segmentation-fault/89414/1 "2007-03-20T09:20:37Z")

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Hi,

I tried to use the stem\_filter and consistently get segmentation  
faults when creating the index. I use ferret 0.11.3. Is there any  
cure?

Thanks,  
Stefan

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**Author:** ![stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/e79b87/32.png) [@stemey](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/stemey)\
**Post date:** [March 20, 2007, 10:21am UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ferret-segmentation-fault/89414/2 "2007-03-20T10:21:19Z")

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On 3/20/07, stemey [removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid](mailto:removed_email_address@domain.invalid) wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I tried to use the stem\_filter and consistently get segmentation  
> faults when creating the index. I use ferret 0.11.3. Is there any  
> cure?

Hi Stefan,

If you can reproduce the problem in a small unit test I’ll release a  
fix for it straight away.

Cheers,  
Dave

–  
Dave Balmain  
[http://www.davebalmain.com/](http://www.davebalmain.com/)