[pacman-dev] [PATCH] Remove AC_FUNC_MALLOC check.

[Allan McRae]

On 31/08/16 11:13, Alastair Hughes wrote:
> We weren't supplying the rpl_malloc function needed if this failed, and
> didn't check for realloc, so just remove.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alastair Hughes <hobbitalastair at gmail.com>
> ---
> 
> The build will currently fail if cross compiling or if
> ac_cv_func_malloc_0_nonnull=no is set, because we don't supply a rpl_malloc
> function anywhere. As we don't use AC_FUNC_REALLOC either, just assume that we
> will never encounter a buggy system and remove the check.
> 
> The other option appears to be to provide a malloc definition somewhere, but in
> that case it appears that we should also check for realloc.
> 
> I'm unsure which one should be used - opinions?

We are not providing a malloc definition...   So this patch is fine.

Allan