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Re: [bug-inetutils] inetutils-1.8: ftp build error
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Chet Ramey |
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Re: [bug-inetutils] inetutils-1.8: ftp build error |
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Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:25:02 -0400 |
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On 7/25/10 2:00 PM, Chet Ramey wrote:
> On 7/25/10 10:33 AM, Alfred M. Szmidt wrote:
>> > This is a known bug, the reason if I recall is that readline
>> > exports xmalloc and xrealloc is to allow programs to hook their
>> > own version into readline. So the readline maintainer has
>> > declined any fixes for this.
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>> This is a severe bug. It makes readline useless for any project
>> that uses gnulib.
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> Maybe. There are workarounds, as I detailed in a message to bug-readline
> in June.
I looked and figured out the root cause -- gnulib doesn't implement xfree.
I will put a workaround in the next version of readline.
Chet
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