[IRCServices Coding] Services' segfault

[RP]

> >#6  0x805576e in close_db (f=0x8199b90) at datafiles.c:276
> >#7  0x8062b26 in save_os_dbase () at operserv.c:341
> >#8  0x8058d8b in main (ac=1, av=0xbffffca4, envp=0xbffffcac) at
main.c:283
>
>      This is bizarre, and looks like memory corruption; can you reproduce
> it consistently?
>


I have also had situations where what shows in the core file doesn't seem to
have to do anything with the bug. I've actually been trying to fix one. I
haven't even been able to locate where the bug is because the core file
doesn't point it in the right place.

What exactly does this mean, and what is the best way to go about
finding/fixing these types of bugs?