# Obj\_free() called for broken object?

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/obj-free-called-for-broken-object/101415>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [August 4, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/obj-free-called-for-broken-object/101415 "2006-08-04T19:33:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Justin\_Meyer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@Justin\_Meyer](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/Justin_Meyer)\
**Post date:** [August 4, 2006, 7:33pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/obj-free-called-for-broken-object/101415/1 "2006-08-04T19:33:50Z")

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Hi all,

I got past this by simply restarting the process, but can anybody here  
tell me  
wtf happened here? My Google-fu appears weak today:

> ttyp2 removed\_email\_address@domain.invalid:/root  
> 1 14:51:49 644 # gem update -y  
> Updating installed gems…  
> Need to update 50 gems from [http://gems.rubyforge.org](http://gems.rubyforge.org)  
> …  
> complete  
> Attempting remote update of gen  
> Successfully installed gen-0.31.0  
> Successfully installed glue-0.31.0  
> Successfully installed facets-1.4.5  
> Installing ri documentation for gen-0.31.0…  
> Installing ri documentation for glue-0.31.0…  
> Installing ri documentation for facets-1.4.5…  
> Installing RDoc documentation for gen-0.31.0…  
> Installing RDoc documentation for glue-0.31.0…  
> Installing RDoc documentation for facets-1.4.5…  
> Attempting remote update of glue  
> Successfully installed glue-0.31.0  
> Installing ri documentation for glue-0.31.0…  
> /usr/local/lib/ruby/1.8/rdoc/parsers/parse\_rb.rb:374: [BUG] obj\_free()  
> called  
> for broken object  
> ruby 1.8.4 (2005-12-24) [i386-freebsd6]

Abort trap: 6 (core dumped)