21.5 RECOMMEND 21.4 Building on ppc64 linux systems and alpha systems fail because of problems with the Doug Lea malloc. This patch make these systems use the system malloc by default. BTW, we've been recommending this solution for a while, eg: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.xemacs.beta/8074/focus=8078 Malcolm src/ChangeLog addition: 2006-12-26 Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp(a)xemacs.org&gt; * s/linux.h: Enable SYSTEM_MALLOC on ppc64 and alpha systems. xemacs-ppc64-malloc source patch: Diff command: cvs -q diff -u Files affected: src/s/linux.h =================================================================== RCS Index: src/s/linux.h =================================================================== RCS file: /pack/xemacscvs/XEmacs/xemacs/src/s/linux.h,v retrieving revision 1.19 diff -u -r1.19 linux.h --- src/s/linux.h 2002/08/12 14:45:34 1.19 +++ src/s/linux.h 2006/12/26 11:42:52 ＠＠ -206,3 +206,8 ＠＠ /* XEmacs: removed setpgrp() definition because we use setpgid() when it's available, and autodetect it. */ +/* The in-built malloc does not work on PPC64 or Alpha, so use the system + malloc for now. */ +#if defined(__powerpc64__) || defined(__alpha__) +#define SYSTEM_MALLOC +#endif -- Malcolm Purvis <malcolmp(a)xemacs.org&gt; _______________________________________________ XEmacs-Patches mailing list XEmacs-Patches(a)xemacs.org http://calypso.tux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xemacs-patches