Use of alloca() differs depending on platform. Stolen from Proftpd's lib/glibc-glob.c file which is under the LGPL.
Against 0.9.15. -- albert chin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- snip snip --- configure.in.orig Wed Sep 10 10:11:55 2003 +++ configure.in Wed Sep 10 10:12:08 2003 @@ -725,6 +630,8 @@ AC_CHECK_FUNCS(getprotobynumber gethostbyname2) +AC_FUNC_ALLOCA + dnl blank for now, but will be used in future AC_SUBST(ethereal_SUBDIRS) --- packet-lwapp.c.orig Wed Sep 10 10:21:23 2003 +++ packet-lwapp.c Wed Sep 10 10:21:46 2003 @@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. */ +#if defined _AIX && !defined __GNUC__ + #pragma alloca +#endif + #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H #include "config.h" #endif @@ -46,6 +50,19 @@ #ifdef NEED_SNPRINTF_H # include "snprintf.h" #endif + +/* Make alloca work the best possible way. */ +#ifdef __GNUC__ +#define alloca __builtin_alloca +#else /* not __GNUC__ */ +#if HAVE_ALLOCA_H +#include <alloca.h> +#else /* not __GNUC__ or HAVE_ALLOCA_H */ +#ifndef _AIX /* Already did AIX, up at the top. */ +char *alloca (); +#endif /* not _AIX */ +#endif /* not HAVE_ALLOCA_H */ +#endif /* not __GNUC__ */ #define LWAPP_FLAGS_T 0x04 #define LWAPP_FLAGS_F 0x02
