Re: Issue in man page malloc.3

[Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>]

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On 12/4/22 10:07, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> Without further ado, the following was found:
> 
> Issue:    preserve errno → preserve I<errno>
> 
> "If your program uses a private memory allocator, it should do so by"
> "replacing B<malloc>(), B<free>(), B<calloc>(), and B<realloc>().  The"
> "replacement functions must implement the documented glibc behaviors,"
> "including I<errno> handling, size-zero allocations, and overflow checking;"
> "otherwise, other library routines may crash or operate incorrectly.  For"
> "example, if the replacement I<free>()  does not preserve errno, then"
> "seemingly unrelated library routines may fail without having a valid reason"
> "in I<errno>.  Private memory allocators may also need to replace other glibc"
> "functions; see \"Replacing malloc\" in the glibc manual for details."

Fixed.  Thanks.

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