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bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin |
Date: |
Wed, 14 Aug 2013 22:29:05 +0300 |
> Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2013 15:11:09 -0400
> From: Ken Brown <kbrown@cornell.edu>
>
> On 8/14/2013 12:22 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> > Cygwin allows applications to supply their own malloc but not, until
> > today, their own posix_memalign. This has caused problems with the GTK
> > build of Emacs on Cygwin. The problem became worse with the latest Glib
> > update. Anyone who wants the gory details can find them starting here:
> >
> > http://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-xfree/2013-08/msg00018.html
> >
> > Cygwin was just patched today to allow applications to supply their own
> > posix_memalign (but not their own memalign), which solves the Glib
> > problem. But posix_memalign in gmalloc.c calls memalign, so I need to
> > make sure that it calls Emacs's memalign. The attached patch does this.
> > Is this a reasonable way to handle the problem? (I plan to also add
> > an explanatory comment.)
>
> I made this more complicated than necessary. I've installed a simpler
> version as bzr revision 113880, and I'm closing the bug.
Thanks, but could you please make the commentary more clear? I'm
afraid it doesn't make sense to me: if posix_memalign calls memalign,
then why does the latter have to be renamed, if all you want is for it
to be called? Why won't it be called unless renamed?
TIA
- bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin, Ken Brown, 2013/08/14
- bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin, Ken Brown, 2013/08/14
- bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin,
Eli Zaretskii <=
- bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin, Ken Brown, 2013/08/14
- bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/08/14
- bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin, Ken Brown, 2013/08/15
- bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin, Ken Brown, 2013/08/15
- bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin, Ken Brown, 2013/08/15
- bug#15094: Fix for posix_memalign on Cygwin, Eli Zaretskii, 2013/08/15