GNU Emacs and SunOS 4.1
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ittc!fbresz at uunet.uu.net
Thu Aug 16 01:08:41 AEST 1990
OK 1 more time.
This is GNU-Emacs.
This is SunOS4.1
This is GNU-Emacs on SunOS4.1
In config.h add :
#define SYSTEM_MALLOC
Any Questions.
P.S. 1 other solution.
X-From: eirik at ELF.TN.CORNELL.EDU
X-Subject: SunOS 4.1, malloc, and localtime
X-Date: 8 May 90 11:21:46 GMT
>With the enclosed patch, it is possible to build a working emacs under
>SunOS 4.1 using malloc.c from the emacs sources. Just put this line
>into config.h:
#define SUNOS_LOCALTIME_BUG
>A static function called by tzsetwall clears the byte just past an
>eight byte region it mallocs. Without this patch, that unsociable act
>corrupts GNU malloc's memory pool.
*** malloc.c~ Fri Apr 7 22:12:10 1989
--- malloc.c Tue May 8 07:07:22 1990
***************
*** 476,482 ****
--- 476,487 ----
multiple of 8, then figure out which nestf[] area to use.
Both the beginning of the header and the beginning of the
block should be on an eight byte boundary. */
+ #ifdef SUNOS_LOCALTIME_BUG
+ /* SunOS 4.1 localtime scribbles on the ninth byte. */
+ nbytes = (n + ((sizeof *p + 15) & ~15) + EXTRA + 15) & ~15;
+ #else
nbytes = (n + ((sizeof *p + 7) & ~7) + EXTRA + 7) & ~7;
+ #endif
{
register unsigned int shiftr = (nbytes - 1) >> 2;
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