Hi, Pino Toscano wrote:
> [Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:59:44 +0200] Please reset your clock. :) [...] > as shown on [1], ghostscript fails to build on GNU/Hurd, because of a symbol > specified in the symbols file which is not compiled on GNU/Hurd. > The reason is basically the implementation of the gs_realloc() function: in > base/malloc_.h there is: > [...] > /* (At least some versions of) Linux don't have a working realloc.... */ > #ifdef linux > # define malloc__need_realloc > void *gs_realloc(void *, size_t, size_t); > #else > # define gs_realloc(ptr, old_size, new_size) realloc(ptr, new_size) > #endif It seems unlikely that ghostscript's assumptions about glibc on Linux would fail while they would succeed on Hurd, so I would prefer a fix that just gets rid of the "#ifdef linux" block. Based on the vcs history, the gs_realloc hack is from 1998 or earlier, so it might be from "Linux libc" days. What do you think? Thanks, Jonathan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-printing-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120314220150.GC31686@burratino
