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From:
Jan Dubois
Date:
December 1, 2005 08:00
Subject:
RE: [PATCH] Re: Perl PR: "Security holes in Sys::Syslog"
Message ID:
030a01c5f690$48530110$2217a8c0@candy
On Thu, 01 Dec 2005, Nicholas Clark wrote:
> Alternatively change it so that PL_memory_wrap always be defined?

Yes, I can see the argument for that too. Requires changes in perl.h and
makedef.pl.

> I believe that the new test here will work on all platforms, even
> those where the generic memory wrap macros don't.

Yes, I would think so.

In that case the check for PERL_MALLOC_WRAP can be removed from Gozer's
patch too (26235).

Cheers,
-Jan



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