In message <6o4n25nn-978-835q-7pns-s0op23948...@fncre.vasb>, Marcin Cieslak 
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> On Sat, 12 Feb 2022, Cy Schubert wrote:
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> > To add another thought. I was toying with the idea of replacing all
> > malloc() with calloc() in dtinfo or at the very least replacing it in
> > dtinfogen. The difference between malloc() and calloc() is the latter zero
> > fills memory. A calloc(1, size_t) is the same as malloc(size_t). The "1"
> > means allocate one instance of the second argument. Long term this is
> > probably a better solution than the make environment hack. I put it here
> > because after receiving an email from another FreeBSD developer just
> > moments ago I'm more convinced this is the path forward.
>
> Thanks for tracking this down, Cy!
>
> I was wondering what the underlying problem might be -
> this is probably part of the code that relies on that thing
> to be initialized.... Did anyone tried valgrind on CDE?

I haven't tried it. It's on the todo list now.


-- 
Cheers,
Cy Schubert <cy.schub...@cschubert.com>
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        The need of the many outweighs the greed of the few.




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