It appears others are having similar crash on exit issues with programs
compliled under gcc3.2 and the version of glibc in the RH9 ISOs.  Sun
reported it but there have been a few others with the same issue.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=90301

I'll install the patched glibc and report back after the weekend.

Thanks,

Dave