Re: [gnugo-devel] 3.5.4 on Tru64: assertion failure in ld_owl

[Paul Pogonyshev]

address@hidden wrote:
> ld_owl test 17 results in an assertion failure:
> 
> ***assertion failure:
> owl.c:3611 - list->pattern_heap != 0L near PASS***
> 
> the problem is that list->counter is 0 in the malloc call
> at line 3609. The tru64 malloc returns NULL when
> allocating 0 bytes. This behaviour may deviate for
> other malloc implementations. The cygwin malloc
> for instance according to the man-page returns a
> non-null pointer when allocating 0 bytes.

This must be solvable with `configure' script.  There is
a AC_FUNC_MALLOC() macro.  However, maybe it is easier to
alter the code.

I can work on Autoconf-based solution.  Let me know if it
is what we would like.

Paul