http://bugzilla.spamassassin.org/show_bug.cgi?id=4028





------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED]  2005-01-05 03:45 -------
Subject: Re:  memleak in libspamc.c

On Tue, 4 Jan 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake:
>> POSIX says otherwise: free(NULL) is explicitly permitted.
> 
> yes, but we need to support non-POSIX platforms.  checking for NULL is
> a good plan.

It certainly can't do any harm. Also, I audited a bunch of Unix boxes
yesterday evening and found two (an old AIX box, and one running DEC
OSF/1 4.0d) where free(NULL) crashes.

So even platforms that should follow POSIX don't necessarily conform
well enough :(





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