I've been using shared_ptr's for a while now with gcc 3.1 and recently had to upgrade to gcc 3.2.3. Ever since then I'm getting strange crashes when shared_ptr's are destructed. Heres a backtrace : Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x77f967bf in ?? () (gdb) bt #0 0x77f967bf in ?? () #1 0x77fb5c15 in ?? () #2 0x77fa6afc in ?? () #3 0x77fccc55 in ?? () #4 0x78001e00 in _libmsvcrt_a_iname () #5 0x0050f4f5 in operator delete(void*) () #6 0x00541cc4 in boost::detail::sp_counted_base_impl::~sp_counted_base_impl() ( this=0x1899aa0) at e:/MinGW/include/c++/3.2.3/iostream:63 #7 0x0053fada in boost::detail::sp_counted_base::destruct() (this=0x1899aa0) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:113 #8 0x0053f996 in boost::detail::sp_counted_base::weak_release() ( this=0x1899aa0) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:168 #9 0x0053fab4 in boost::detail::sp_counted_base::release() (this=0x1899aa0) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:144 #10 0x0053f913 in boost::detail::shared_count::~shared_count() (this=0x1899154) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:376 #11 0x005393e5 in boost::shared_ptr<BeamWeaponXMLLoader>::~shared_ptr() ( this=0x1899150) at src/loaders/HullXMLLoader.cpp:19 #12 0x0043489a in HullXMLLoader::~HullXMLLoader() (this=0x1899100) at src/loaders/HullXMLLoader.cpp:32 #13 0x0053b5ba in void boost::checked_delete<HullXMLLoader>(HullXMLLoader*) ( x=0x1899100) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/checked_delete.hpp:34 #14 0x0055b43d in boost::checked_deleter<HullXMLLoader>::operator()(HullXMLLoader*) const (this=0x1899d08, x=0x1899100) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/checked_delete.hpp:52 #15 0x00540b8b in boost::detail::sp_counted_base_impl::dispose() (this=0x1899cf8) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:262 #16 0x0053faa6 in boost::detail::sp_counted_base::release() (this=0x1899cf8) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:143 #17 0x0053f913 in boost::detail::shared_count::~shared_count() (this=0x18990e4) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:376 #18 0x00536f09 in boost::shared_ptr<HullXMLLoader>::~shared_ptr() ( this=0x18990e0) at src/loaders/StarShipXMLLoader.cpp:13 #19 0x00432ba8 in StarShipXMLLoader::~StarShipXMLLoader() (this=0x18990c8) at src/loaders/StarShipXMLLoader.cpp:23 #20 0x00523926 in void baleet<StarShipXMLLoader>(StarShipXMLLoader*) ( x=0x18990c8) at src/Deleters.hpp:36 #21 0x0055d119 in baleeter<StarShipXMLLoader>::operator()(StarShipXMLLoader*) const (this=0x1899d40, x=0x18990c8) at src/Deleters.hpp:48 #22 0x0054170f in boost::detail::sp_counted_base_impl::dispose() (this=0x1899d30) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:262 #23 0x0053faa6 in boost::detail::sp_counted_base::release() (this=0x1899d30) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:143 #24 0x0053f913 in boost::detail::shared_count::~shared_count() (this=0x22fd14) at e:/boost-1.30.2/boost/detail/shared_count.hpp:376 #25 0x00538b1d in boost::shared_ptr<StarShipXMLLoader>::~shared_ptr() ( this=0x22fd10) at src/Player.cpp:76 #26 0x0040cd8f in Player::Player(EngineManager*, GameManager*) ( this=0x1898cd8, NewEngine=0x17d7a20, NewGameManager=0x1852ec8) at src/Player.cpp:96 #27 0x00407e4e in GameManager::Initialise() (this=0x1852ec8) at src/GameManager.cpp:125 #28 0x0040398a in main (argc=1, argv=0x17924f8) at src/ZeroSpace.cpp:32 I am constructing the shared_ptr's in a normal way : HullLoader.reset(new HullXMLLoader()); for instance. It seems to segfault when delete is called either with the default deleter or with one of my own. This was working fine when using gcc 3.1, do I need to upgrade my boost or use some compile flag? Any help would be greatfully appriciated, Joshua.