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Diffstat (limited to 'configure.ac')
| -rw-r--r-- | configure.ac | 8 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index 460862c..0f74e40 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -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;; |