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 17:01:31 +0300 Message-ID: <83d1irnozo.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> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1477231328 1890 195.159.176.226 (23 Oct 2016 14:02:08 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:02:08 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Stefan Monnier Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 23 16:02:04 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 1byJLQ-0006CV-Vw for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 16:01:49 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41223 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byJLS-0004rm-Q9 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:01:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:58274) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byJLK-0004rU-Ms for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:01:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byJLH-0000pb-K7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:01:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:34238) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byJLH-0000pX-H9; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:01:39 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:2858 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1byJLG-0004qf-65; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:01:39 -0400 In-reply-to: (message from Stefan Monnier on Sun, 23 Oct 2016 09:39:57 -0400) 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:208619 Archived-At: > From: Stefan Monnier > Cc: Paul Eggert , emacs-devel@gnu.org > Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 09:39:57 -0400 > > > Is it reasonable to require a version of glibc that still supports > > __malloc_initialize_hook? When people upgrade to a newer glibc, the > > previous version is still left on the system, I presume (for programs > > that need them which were built against those old versions)? > > Not necessarily, no. E.g. it's not the case for fresh new installs. But they can downgrade, right?