On Wednesday 30 November 2005 02:17, Otto Moerbeek wrote: > On Tue, 29 Nov 2005, Dave Feustel wrote: > > On Tuesday 29 November 2005 19:19, Todd C. Miller wrote: > > > Note that you can also set the malloc options from within a program > > > you are developing. I've found this to be quite useful for adding > > > a "belt and suspenders" mode during developement (the use after > > > free checks in particular). > > > > > > - todd > > > > Interesting! I hadn't thought of that possibility. I just tried defining > > MALLOC_OPTIONS as an environment symbol. I put in all the letters > > mentioned in 'man malloc' but malloc repeatedly reports the presence > > of an unknown letter. > > it's likely D, which is not available by default, as documented.
D was in fact the problem. I removed that letter from the string and the message went away. > -Otto
