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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 460862c..ed5e056 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
# Process this file with autoconf to produce a configure script.
AC_PREREQ([2.65])
-AC_INIT([SciTECO], [2.5.0],
+AC_INIT([SciTECO], [2.5.1],
[hackers@fmsbw.de],
[sciteco],
[https://sciteco.fmsbw.de/])
@@ -458,7 +458,13 @@ AC_ARG_ENABLE(malloc-replacement,
[Replace the libc malloc() [default=check]]),
[malloc_replacement=$enableval], [malloc_replacement=check])
if [[ $malloc_replacement = check ]]; then
- # We currently do not support dlmalloc on Windows and Mac OS.
+ # malloc() replacement via dlmalloc should work practically everywhere
+ # but does not extend to shared libraries on Windows and Mac OS.
+ # That's why it is disabled by default on Windows and Mac OS where other cheap ways
+ # of introspection are available (see memory.c).
+ # On the remaining platforms you can try to combine --enable-malloc-replacement
+ # with --enable-static-executables to link in as many libraries statically
+ # as possible.
case $host in
*-*-darwin* | *-mingw*) malloc_replacement=no;;
*) malloc_replacement=yes;;