[comp.sys.sun] SunOS 4.1 is here, anyone upgraded yet?

jch@risci.tn.cornell.edu (Jeffrey C Honig) (05/08/90)

> In order to recompile gnu emacs (18.55) one must add a #define
> SYSTEM_MALLOC in src/config.h to take into account changes in the memory
> stuff. However, the 4.0.3 binary works fine, so you can take your time
> recompiling.

Someone here (Eirik Fuller <eirik@elf.tn.cornell.edu>) tracked it down to
a static routine in localtime.o that grabs eight bytes and writes to the
ninth byte.  Eirik posted a work-around to gnu.emacs.bug.

Jeff