Subject: Re: games/gomoku
To: Chris G Demetriou <Chris_G_Demetriou@ux2.sp.cs.cmu.edu>
From: David Brownlee <david@mono.org>
List: port-alpha
Date: 01/03/1997 11:18:47
On Thu, 2 Jan 1997, Chris G Demetriou wrote:
> I would be tempted to add -lgnumalloc to gomoku's Makefile's LDADD
> variable, and something similar to its DPADD variable, but (if i
> recall) heretofore the "standard" policy has been that libgnumalloc
> shouldn't be used on programs outside of the src/gnu tree.
>
I think FreeBSD has managed to do away with gnumalloc -
IIRC someone over therehas come up with a much better 'gnulike'
malloc under a BSD copyright, which they can then use
everywhere...
Is it worth someone looking into that?
Would anyone be interested in the results of me pulling it down
& compiling up my NetBSD boxen to use it?
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