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Date:      Fri, 27 Jun 1997 11:03:43 -0700
From:      "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>
To:        Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@hub.freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: ports/3971: bash-2.01 install doesn't edit /etc/shells 
Message-ID:  <15135.867434623@time.cdrom.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 27 Jun 1997 09:40:01 PDT." <199706271640.JAA01078@hub.freebsd.org> 

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>  The bug is that bash-1.14.7 supplies its own versions of malloc(),
>  realloc() and free() but doesn't supply its own version of calloc().

Actually, what it does is call GNU malloc (its "own versions" are
merely the traditional GNU xfoo() wrappers around all the allocation
calls) and the problem is easily addressed by making it use the system
versions, which are superior in any case.  The fix has been tested
and committed.

					Jordan



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