From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Eli Zaretskii Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: When should ralloc.c be used? Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 22:03:30 +0300 Message-ID: <83mvhunb0d.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87eg51ng4r.fsf_-_@users.sourceforge.net> <87k2djwumn.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <83h98nidvd.fsf@gnu.org> <87eg3rvtsf.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <83k2dihpm9.fsf@gnu.org> <8760p2wzgj.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <838ttyhhzu.fsf@gnu.org> <871szqwu51.fsf@users.sourceforge.net> <831szqhbc2.fsf@gnu.org> <87d1itt79z.fsf_-_@users.sourceforge.net> <7baa18d4-2b09-caa8-005e-29008a383ad1@cs.ucla.edu> <83mvhwrgd5.fsf@gnu.org> <8539f38f-9a11-44c3-4de7-bb974c96206c@cs.ucla.edu> <8360ojpndr.fsf@gnu.org> <83wpgzo30m.fsf@gnu.org> <5a4bbe6d-08ce-e6c6-39d1-49c9cd6d1ffd@cs.ucla.edu> <83mvhvns9a.fsf@gnu.org> <83d1irnozo.fsf@gnu.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1477249538 15121 195.159.176.226 (23 Oct 2016 19:05:38 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 19:05:38 +0000 (UTC) Cc: monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 23 21:05:33 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1byO5D-0002H0-WC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 21:05:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:42098 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byO5F-000590-Qv for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:05:25 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:35406) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byO3X-0004et-6e for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:03:39 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byO3S-0004gE-N6 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:03:39 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:37671) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byO3S-0004g8-JU; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:03:34 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3284 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1byO3R-0005XV-UA; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 15:03:34 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Paul Eggert on Sun, 23 Oct 2016 11:19:15 -0700) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::e X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:208637 Archived-At: > Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org > From: Paul Eggert > Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 11:19:15 -0700 > > Eli Zaretskii wrote: > > But they can downgrade, right? > > No, as users don't necessarily have an older glibc to downgrade to. That train > has already left the station. With my blessing, I might add. Then what are our choices to solve this for Emacs 25.2? If GNU/Linux starts using ralloc more and more, we will have crashes and data corruption all over the place. It's inconceivable to release 25.2 in this state. Any suggestions?