Re: dpkg 1.8.3.1, fixes sparc sigbus
On Sat, Jan 13, 2001 at 12:24:50PM -0600, Adam Heath wrote:
> On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Ben Collins wrote:
>
> > Ok, I tagged dpkg 1.8.3.1 just to revert the nfmalloc patch which caused
> > misaligned allocations, and thus, sigbus failures on sparc. For those
> > desperately needing this, you can download it from:
> >
> > http://incoming.debian.org/dpkg_1.8.3.1_sparc.deb
> >
> > After this, today begins my quest to purge nfmalloc from dpkg using
> > safer malloc/alloc/obstack functionality.
>
> I hope you are doing that in at least head, and maybe in a separate branch, as
> this could be a big change.
I think I've worked on dpkg enough to know how to use CVS's ability to
allow branched development.
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