--- jcomp/jcr_deliver.c.orig	2004-12-06 12:51:21.885350000 +0100
+++ jcomp/jcr_deliver.c	2004-12-06 13:45:02.269465000 +0100
@@ -49,9 +49,10 @@
   int buf_size = j_atoi(xmlnode_get_data(xmlnode_get_tag(jcr->config,"send-buffer")), 8192);
 
   log_warn(JDBG, "packet delivery thread starting.");
+  buffer = g_string_new(NULL);
   while(TRUE) {
 
-    buffer = g_string_new(NULL);
+    g_string_set_size(buffer, 0);
     pkts = 0;
     g_get_current_time(&timeout);
     g_time_val_add(&timeout, (5 * G_USEC_PER_SEC));
@@ -92,10 +93,10 @@
       log_debug(JDBG, "wrote %d packets of %d bytes", pkts, bytes);
       //    fprintf(stderr, "wrote %d packets of %d bytes\n", pkts, bytes);
     }
-    g_string_free(buffer, TRUE);
   }
   log_warn(JDBG, "packet delivery thread exiting.");
   log_warn(JDBG, "  Last DvryQ Buffer='%.*s'", buffer->len, buffer->str);
+  g_string_free(buffer, TRUE);
 }
 
 void deliver_fail(dpacket p, char *err) {