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1*478e07ddSchristosThis is the standalone distribution of GNU malloc.
2*478e07ddSchristosGNU malloc is part of the GNU C Library, but is also distributed separately.
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4*478e07ddSchristosIf you find bugs in GNU malloc, send reports to bug-glibc@prep.ai.mit.edu.
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6*478e07ddSchristosGNU malloc is free software.  See the file COPYING.LIB for copying conditions.
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8*478e07ddSchristosThe makefile builds libmalloc.a and gmalloc.o.  If you are using GNU malloc
9*478e07ddSchristosto replace your system's existing malloc package, it is important to make
10*478e07ddSchristossure you get all GNU functions, not some of the GNU functions and some from
11*478e07ddSchristosthe system library.  gmalloc.o has all the functions in one file, so using
12*478e07ddSchristosthat will make sure you don't accidentally mix the two malloc packages.
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