-lmalloc

[Kipp Hickman]

In article <4143 at pt.cs.cmu.edu>, scotts at isl1.ri.cmu.edu (Scott Safier) writes:
>  ...
> But there is also something strange with -lmalloc.  Sometimes,
> programs which execute perfectly with the bsd malloc, core dump when
> the other malloc is invoked.  For example, using X lib with bsd malloc
> is ok, but with lmalloc core dumps occur.

Most likely you have an Xlib which is compiled to allow malloc(0)'s.
-lmalloc does not support this ability.

					kipp hickman
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