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Re: Why is malloc being defined as rpl_malloc ??
- From: "Thomas E. Dickey" <dickey at herndon4 dot his dot com>
- To: Paul Eggert <eggert at CS dot UCLA dot EDU>
- Cc: automake <automake at gnu dot org>
- Cc: "autoconf at gnu dot org" <autoconf at gnu dot org>
- Date: Sun, 4 May 2003 06:58:30 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: Why is malloc being defined as rpl_malloc ??
- References: <3EB45765.BB5CC8EA@ntlworld.com> <vi8ade3p8es.fsf@cs.ucla.edu>
- Reply-to: dickey at herndon4 dot his dot com
On Sun, 3 May 2003, Paul Eggert wrote:
> Possibly you invoked AC_FUNC_MALLOC either directly or indirectly;
> it defines malloc to rpl_malloc if malloc isn't GNU compatible.
given the obscurity of the defect, this ranks as yet another designed-in
bug rather than a feature.
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