Compile gnupg-1.0.7 on Compaq Tru64

[David Shaw]

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On Tue, May 07, 2002 at 04:48:23PM +0200, glauserj@post.ch wrote:
> Hello
> 
> I tried to compile gnupg-1.0.7 on Comaq Tru64 and got the following error:
> 
> cat ./../doc/HACKING \
>     ./../doc/DETAILS \
>     ./../doc/FAQ         >plain-large
> ../g10/gpg --homedir . --quiet --yes --import ./pubdemo.asc      
> gpg: out of  memory while allocating 0 bytes
> make[2]: *** [prepared.stamp] Error 2
> make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/gnupg-1.0.7/checks'
> make[1]: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/gnupg-1.0.7'
> make: *** [all] Error 2
> 
> I tried it on different systems with more or less memory.
> I tried it with different OS-versions from 4.0G to 5.1.
> I tried to disable nls, dynload and asm.
> I tried it with gcc V. 3.0.4 and the original Compaq CC.
> The error is always the same.
> 
> If anybody can give me a hint please send it to glauserj@post.ch
> <mailto:glauserj@post.ch> .  I would be happy.

This is fixed in 1.0.8.  In the meantime, you can apply the attached
patch to util/memory.c.

David

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Index: memory.c
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/gnupg/gnupg/util/Attic/memory.c,v
retrieving revision 1.18.2.7
retrieving revision 1.18.2.8
diff -u -r1.18.2.7 -r1.18.2.8
--- memory.c	22 Dec 2001 18:47:58 -0000	1.18.2.7
+++ memory.c	2 May 2002 07:48:39 -0000	1.18.2.8
@@ -415,6 +415,8 @@
     char *p;
 
   #ifdef M_GUARD
+    if(!n)
+      out_of_core(n,0); /* should never happen */
     if( !(p = malloc( n + EXTRA_ALIGN+5 )) )
 	out_of_core(n,0);
     store_len(p,n,0);
@@ -422,6 +424,10 @@
     p[4+EXTRA_ALIGN+n] = MAGIC_END_BYTE;
     return p+EXTRA_ALIGN+4;
   #else
+    /* mallocing zero bytes is undefined by ISO-C, so we better make
+       sure that it won't happen */
+    if (!n)
+      n = 1;
     if( !(p = malloc( n )) )
 	out_of_core(n,0);
     return p;

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