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Date:      Wed, 6 Mar 1996 10:25:16 +1030 (CST)
From:      Michael Smith <msmith@atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
To:        luigi@labinfo.iet.unipi.it (Luigi Rizzo)
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: malloc upgrade.
Message-ID:  <199603052355.KAA20299@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au>
In-Reply-To: <199603051900.UAA06765@labinfo.iet.unipi.it> from "Luigi Rizzo" at Mar 5, 96 08:00:19 pm

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Luigi Rizzo stands accused of saying:
> 
> I have seen that the malloc in the Feb.96 snap is much less hungry
> than the one up until 2.1R. In order to get the full advantages,
> is it enough to rebuild libc.so.X.Y with the new malloc code, or
> there is more ?

Just grab malloc.c out of -current and drop it into the relevant place
and rebuild libc.  I've been using it for a while now with no adverse
side effects (other than it forcing me to be tidier with my malloc usage 8)

> Luigi Rizzo                     Dip. di Ingegneria dell'Informazione

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