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Re: [libiberty patch]: Change strncmp test in the way it uses mmap

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab at suse dot de>
To: Ira Ruben <ira at apple dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 31 Dec 2001 21:23:38 +0100
Subject: Re: [libiberty patch]: Change strncmp test in the way it uses mmap
References: <p05100302b852afa018aa@[198.144.204.47]><jeitan88m1.fsf@sykes.suse.de><p05100303b8567673229b@[198.144.204.24]>

Ira Ruben <ira@apple.com> writes:

|> At 8:58 PM +0100 12/31/01, Andreas Schwab wrote:
|> 
|> >This should probable be MAP_ANONYMOUS instead of MAP_ANON since the
|> >conditional definition above prefers the former over the latter.
|> 
|> What is "this" in this case?

"this" refers to the line immediately above my quote.  On a system that
defines MAP_ANONYMOUS but not MAP_ANON this would not compile.  Previously
MAP_ANON were preferred over MAP_ANONYMOUS so that on such a system
MAP_ANON would be defined from MAP_ANONYMOUS.
.

Andreas.

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References:
- [libiberty patch]: Change strncmp test in the way it uses mmap
  - From: Ira Ruben
- Re: [libiberty patch]: Change strncmp test in the way it uses mmap
  - From: Andreas Schwab
- Re: [libiberty patch]: Change strncmp test in the way it uses mmap
  - From: Ira Ruben

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