problem with malloc (Irix 3.3.1)

[Mark Callow]

In article <ianh.656882312 at morgana>, ianh at bhpmrl.oz.au (Ian Hoyle) writes:
|>
|> Well I've fixed the problem. 
|> [stuff deleted]
|> thus loading libmalloc *last*.
|> 
|> I don't think it's a case of RTFM because I've just done that and couldn't 
|> find reference to exactly where the library definition should go in a cc
|> compile line. eg. from the manual entry for malloc(3X) :

It's in the cc(1) entry I expect.

The real point of this message is that I suspect your program still has a bug
in it.  All you've done by linking with a different malloc is change the
circumstances under which the bug rears its ugly head.  Read and pay attention
to Scott Henry's excellent primer on debugging malloc problems.
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