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authorJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-04-09 17:55:23 +0000
committerJim Meyering <jim@meyering.net>2002-04-09 17:55:23 +0000
commitaa77b79b4be56a26a1ae43c288cd0449c011273b (patch)
tree5ec21de8c547bb5f7643fd061dff99cb03e60a57 /m4
parentf36cf8b4d89a6c6b86671f225b2dc0f200990c17 (diff)
downloadcoreutils-aa77b79b4be56a26a1ae43c288cd0449c011273b.tar.xz
(jm_FUNC_MALLOC): Change the `checking ...' message
to be more precise. Rather than saying we're checking whether the function `works', say what we're testing.
Diffstat (limited to 'm4')
-rw-r--r--m4/malloc.m47
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/m4/malloc.m4 b/m4/malloc.m4
index bb60947dc..cb5cff3c2 100644
--- a/m4/malloc.m4
+++ b/m4/malloc.m4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#serial 5
+#serial 6
dnl From Jim Meyering.
dnl Determine whether malloc accepts 0 as its argument.
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([jm_FUNC_MALLOC],
AC_DEFINE(HAVE_DONE_WORKING_MALLOC_CHECK, 1,
[Define if the malloc check has been performed. ])
- AC_CACHE_CHECK([for working malloc], jm_cv_func_working_malloc,
+ AC_CACHE_CHECK([whether malloc(0) returns a non-NULL pointer],
+ jm_cv_func_working_malloc,
[AC_TRY_RUN([
char *malloc ();
int
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ AC_DEFUN([jm_FUNC_MALLOC],
],
jm_cv_func_working_malloc=yes,
jm_cv_func_working_malloc=no,
- dnl When crosscompiling, assume malloc is broken.
+ dnl When crosscompiling, assume malloc(0) returns NULL.
jm_cv_func_working_malloc=no)
])
if test $jm_cv_func_working_malloc = no; then