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From: jch@risci.tn.cornell.edu (Jeffrey C Honig)
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Subject: Re: SunOS 4.1 is here, anyone upgraded yet?
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> In order to recompile gnu emacs (18.55) one must add a #define
> SYSTEM_MALLOC in src/config.h to take into account changes in the memory
> stuff. However, the 4.0.3 binary works fine, so you can take your time
> recompiling.

Someone here (Eirik Fuller <eirik@elf.tn.cornell.edu>) tracked it down to
a static routine in localtime.o that grabs eight bytes and writes to the
ninth byte.  Eirik posted a work-around to gnu.emacs.bug.

Jeff