*vc-diff*

diff --git a/src/gl-compile-conf b/src/gl-compile-conf
index c9b953b..71ef61b 100755
--- a/src/gl-compile-conf
+++ b/src/gl-compile-conf
@@ -362,6 +362,12 @@ for my $fragment_file (glob("conf/fragments/*.conf"))
     parse_conf_file($fragment_file, $fragment);
 }
 
+# these 4 lines prevent a segfault on the Data::Dumper line
+for my $key ( keys %repos) {
+    my $wtf  = $repos{ $key };
+    my @dev_null_keys =  sort keys %{ $wtf };        
+}
+
 my $compiled_fh = wrap_open( ">", $GL_CONF_COMPILED );
 my $dumped_data = Data::Dumper->Dump([\%repos], [qw(*repos)]);
 # the dump uses single quotes, but we convert any strings containing $creater,