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From: steve@qe2.awdpa.ibm.com (Steve DeJarnett)
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Subject: Re: nits (gethostbyaddr(), alloca())
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Date: 24 Aug 90 05:01:06 GMT
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In article <LANGLEY.90Aug23192919@ds16.scri.fsu.edu> langley@ds16.scri.fsu.edu (Randolph Langley) writes:
>Also, when I compiled gnuemacs for the 6000, I couldn't find alloca()
>in either libc.a or libbsd.a, though the manual page indicated it
>was in one or the other. Used the one in the distrib, and gnuemacs
>seems to be going fine. (Thanks to the folks who put the stuff at byron!)

	One more time....  alloca is defined by placing a 

#pragma alloca 

in the source file.  This is per ANSI C, I believe.  However, if the GNU
version works for you, great.

>rdl

	Hope that helps someone else who may be about to build EMACS.

	Steve

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