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| author | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2002-04-09 17:55:23 +0000 |
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| committer | Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> | 2002-04-09 17:55:23 +0000 |
| commit | aa77b79b4be56a26a1ae43c288cd0449c011273b (patch) | |
| tree | 5ec21de8c547bb5f7643fd061dff99cb03e60a57 /m4 | |
| parent | f36cf8b4d89a6c6b86671f225b2dc0f200990c17 (diff) | |
| download | coreutils-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.m4 | 7 |
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 |