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 20:06:27 +0300 Message-ID: <83vawjm1v0.fsf@gnu.org> References: <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> <87r37784zm.fsf@linux-m68k.org> <834m43njzg.fsf@gnu.org> <87k2cz83dw.fsf@linux-m68k.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1477242424 6221 195.159.176.226 (23 Oct 2016 17:07:04 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:07:04 +0000 (UTC) Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Andreas Schwab Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sun Oct 23 19:07:00 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 1byMEQ-0007y3-Bg for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 19:06:46 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:41797 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byMES-0002Ff-IV for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:06:48 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42067) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byMEM-0002FG-Fl for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:06:43 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byMEJ-0004xf-Am for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:06:42 -0400 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::e]:36528) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1byMEJ-0004xa-73; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:06:39 -0400 Original-Received: from 84.94.185.246.cable.012.net.il ([84.94.185.246]:3225 helo=home-c4e4a596f7) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:128) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1byMEH-0007h6-7o; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 13:06:38 -0400 In-reply-to: <87k2cz83dw.fsf@linux-m68k.org> (message from Andreas Schwab on Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:57:15 +0200) 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:208632 Archived-At: > From: Andreas Schwab > Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 17:57:15 +0200 > Cc: eggert@cs.ucla.edu, monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org > > >> > 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)? > >> > >> There will ever be only one glibc. > > > > Sorry, I don't understand what that means. Can't it be that some > > older program is linked against an older libc.so.N version? > > There is no older version. That doesn't really help understanding the issues. I guess it's above my pay grade. (When trying to solve such a grave problem, we need everybody's best expertise and help, and you are one of the best experts on these matters here. Looks like I'm too naïve expecting such cooperation.)