Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 22:08:58 -0801 From: Jos Backus <jos@catnook.com> To: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: malloc.h--cheaper by the dozen? Message-ID: <20020404060920.GB46505@lizzy.catnook.com> In-Reply-To: <20020404002428.B93859@espresso.q9media.com> References: <20020331023459.G81971@espresso.q9media.com> <20020331033829.Q20524-100000@blues.jpj.net> <20020404002428.B93859@espresso.q9media.com>
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On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 12:24:28AM -0500, Mike Barcroft wrote:
> I agree with removing the header completely. The additional
> diagnostics probably don't assist many C programmers.
>
> /usr/include/malloc.h:3: #error "<malloc.h> has been replaced by <stdlib.h>"
>
> vs.
>
> test.c:1: malloc.h: No such file or directory
Agreed; see my response to ports/36707. Rather than patching ports (net/rsync
in this case) that detect <malloc.h> using configure, let us remove the file
so the configure test will fail and <stdlib.h> be used instead.
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