Wait, how does Emacs work on non-Glibc-based systems?
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Replying to @RichFelker
@RichFelker http://lwn.net/SubscriberLink/673724/e7adcf2e67ae6c4c/ … and the fact I'm quite sure I've used Emacs on several non-glibc systems3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @volatile_void
@spun_off Basically, "Emacs ./configure probes for the glibc malloc-related API and falls back on its own malloc implementation otherwise."
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Replying to @RichFelker
@spun_off But as of recent git commits to master, Emacs can usually use arbitrary host malloc via "hybrid malloc" in the dumper phase.
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Replying to @RichFelker
@spun_off The dumper still sucks for other reasons though; it precludes PIE & other models (eg FDPIC on NOMMU) that are relocated at runtime
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@spun_off The right solution is to repurpose the GC lisp-heap-walking code to portably dump lisp objects with proper relocation annotations.
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