--- deliantra/server/common/arch.C	2008/04/30 06:40:28	1.76
+++ deliantra/server/common/arch.C	2008/05/02 16:16:02	1.78
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
  * - a corresponding object if found; a singularity object if not found.
  * Note by MSW - it appears that it takes the full name and keeps
  * shortening it until it finds a match.  I re-wrote this so that it
- * doesn't malloc it each time - not that this function is used much,
+ * doesn't allocate it each time - not that this function is used much,
  * but it otherwise had a big memory leak.
  */
 object *
@@ -515,9 +515,18 @@
           LOG (llevDebug, "garbage collect arch %s", at->debug_desc ());
           assert (at->arch == at); // verify that refcnt == 1 is truely valid
           allarch.erase (idx);
-          at->arch = 0;
-          at->more = 0;
+
+          // break chain
+          for (object *op = at->head_ (); op; )
+            {
+              object *next = op->more;
+              op->head = 0;
+              op->more = 0;
+              op = next;
+            }
+
           at->destroy ();
+          at->arch = 0;
         }
     }
   while (--cnt);