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Re: glibc 2.24 --- Hard freeze starting
On 14/07/2016 16:06, Florian Weimer wrote:
> On 07/14/2016 04:35 PM, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>
>> 2. malloc: Remove malloc_get_state, malloc_set_state: based on recent build
>> issues with malloc hook change, I would suggest to move this change to
>> 2.25.
>
> It is still unclear whether Andreas requested a revert of this commit:
His somewhat cryptic replies also eludes me.
>
> commit 2ba3cfa1607c36613f3b30fb1ae4ec530245ce64
> Author: Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com>
> Date: Fri Jun 10 10:46:05 2016 +0200
>
> malloc: Remove __malloc_initialize_hook from the API [BZ #19564]
>
> This is independent of the question if we want to land the malloc_get_state/malloc_set_state changes.
>
> If we cannot remove those interfaces, can we at least add further deprecation markers?
Yes I am aware they are independent, but I am worried about further build
issues with projects like emacs/openmpi. I think deprecation markers
should be safer.