Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 7 Nov 1996 01:39:24 +0000 (WET) | From | Nuno Grilo <> | Subject | Re: Problems with netscape in 2.0.24 |
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On 5 Nov 1996, stephen farrell wrote:
> andersee@et.byu.edu (Erik B. Andersen) writes: > > netscape does have a bug. i have already provided them with specific > information about what that might be related to (david lea's malloc -- > the one used by default in libc 5.2.13 and newer -- does not tolerate > deletes on non-malloc'd memory... and i think there was another > suggestion, which i also forwarded to jwz.) i think the best thing > for linux users to do is to use the LD_PRELOAD directive to point > their netscape to a old libc (or, a new libc compiled with old malloc > -- i've got this if anyone wants it), and, of course, to keep > improving their OS so that it will be financially viable for companies > like netscape to spend more money supporting linux. > Wouldn't it be possible to just compile the old malloc into a shared library and LD_PRELOAD that instead of the whole libc.5.2.18?
That way we could save a lot of memory
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