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Re: [Patch]: fix bfd/targets.c build failure on AIX
On Nov 17, 2009, at 3:47 PM, Dave Korn wrote:
> Kai Tietz wrote:
>> 2009/11/17 Alan Modra <amodra@bigpond.net.au>:
>>> On Tue, Nov 17, 2009 at 01:34:07PM +0100, Kai Tietz wrote:
>>>> binutils-owner@sourceware.org wrote on 17.11.2009 13:20:11:
>>>>> This is wrong. alloca should not be used in libbfd, and where we
>>>>> grudgingly accept it, alloca-conf.h needs to be the first include
>>>>> file.
>>>> just by curiousity. Where is written that alloca shouldn't be used in
>>>> libbfd?
>>> I don't think we document it anywhere, but see
>>> http://sourceware.org/ml/binutils/2000-09/msg00367.html
>>>
>>> I'm inclined to think that bfd functions used only by ld are exempt
>>> from Ian's rule that libraries ought not abort.
>>
>> Well, main objections here is abort (), exit () AFAIU Ian's reply.
>
> But it also mentions that some platforms implement alloca using xmalloc,
> which may abort.
On the other hand, I am not sure that anyone still compiles binutils on such platforms!
Tristan.