Date: Wed, 13 Mar 1996 08:57:36 -0700 From: Nate Williams <nate@sri.MT.net> To: "Kaleb S. KEITHLEY" <kaleb@x.org> Cc: hackers@freefall.freebsd.org Subject: Re: new malloc/libc... Message-ID: <199603131557.IAA03216@rocky.sri.MT.net> In-Reply-To: <199603131411.OAA21221@exalt.x.org> References: <22076.826720491@critter.tfs.com> <199603131411.OAA21221@exalt.x.org>
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> > > There was a spattering of discussion about the new malloc existing in > > > -current, I seem to have lost track of it in the noise; did anybody > > > followup on the suggestion of putting a compiled libc on the ftp site? > > > Or are we limited to simply compiling it ourselves? > > > > I will probably make another stab at convincing the gang that "phkmalloc" > > should be put in 2.1, ... > > I think it would be an extremely bad idea to re-release 2.1 for any > reason. If you want to put the new malloc in an officially released > version before 2.2, then call it 2.1.1 or 2.1.phk or something, but > don't start rewriting history. I think you misunderstand. The next release of FreeBSD will be 2.1.5, but the CVS tag is the 2.1 tag. > Broken code is broken code. That's why you have ports, right? Since > gnumalloc is similar in some respects to phkmalloc Actually, GNU-malloc doesn't whine like Poul's does. Poul's whines about freeing non-malloc'd memory and other (good) errors which GNU-malloc doesn't. > I would tend to > believe that much of the broken software is being fixed by/for the > Linux crowd, and by the time 2.2 is officially released the latest- > and-greatest versions of most software should be less broken than they > are now. Wishful thinking perhaps?!? Wishful thinking. Look at the *huge* number of bugs in the GNU libc package. The GNU folks haven't released a new version since '94, but H.J. continues to fix huge numbers of bugs in it and releases a new version (with brand new bugs) every couple of months or so. Nate
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