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@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ config FORCE_SHAREABLE_TEXT_SEGMENTS
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segments. These libraries haven't set the DT_TEXTREL tag in the dynamic
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section (==> objdump). So all your libraries must be compiled with
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-fPIC or -fpic, and all assembler function must be written as position
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- independent code (PIC).
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+ independent code (PIC).
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Enabling this option will makes uClibc's shared library loader a
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little bit smaller and guarantee that no memory will be wasted by badly
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coded shared libraries.
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@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
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depends on !HAS_NO_THREADS
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default y
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help
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- If you want to compile uClibc with pthread support, then answer Y.
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+ If you want to compile uClibc with pthread support, then answer Y.
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This will increase the size of uClibc by adding a bunch of locking
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to critical data structures, and adding extra code to ensure that
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functions are properly reentrant.
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@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ config PTHREADS_DEBUG_SUPPORT
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depends on UCLIBC_HAS_THREADS
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help
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Say Y here if you wish to be able to debug applications that use
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- uClibc's pthreads library. By enabling this option, a library
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+ uClibc's pthreads library. By enabling this option, a library
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named libthread_db will be built. This library will be dlopen()'d
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by gdb and will allow gdb to debug the threads in your application.
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@@ -306,11 +306,22 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_LFS
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bool "Large File Support"
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default y
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help
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- If you wish to build uClibc with support for accessing large files
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- (i.e. files greater then 2 GiB) then answer Y. Do not enable this
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- if you are using an older Linux kernel (2.0.x) that lacks large file
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+ If you wish to build uClibc with support for accessing large files
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+ (i.e. files greater then 2 GiB) then answer Y. Do not enable this
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+ if you are using an older Linux kernel (2.0.x) that lacks large file
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support. Enabling this option will increase the size of uClibc.
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+config UCLIBC_STATIC_LDCONFIG
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+ bool "Link ldconfig statically"
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+ default y
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+ help
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+ Enable this option to statically link the ldconfig binary.
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+
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+ Making ldconfig static can be beneficial if you have a library
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+ problem and need to used ldconfig to recover. Sometimes, it is
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+ preferable to instead keep the size of the system down, in which
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+ case you should disable this option.
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+
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choice
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prompt "Malloc Implementation"
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default MALLOC if ! ARCH_HAS_MMU
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@@ -378,7 +389,7 @@ config UCLIBC_DYNAMIC_ATEXIT
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global destructors are implemented via atexit(), and it is quite
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possible to exceed the default number when this option is disabled.
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Enabling this option adds a few bytes, and more significantly makes
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- atexit and on_exit depend on malloc, which can be bad when compiling
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+ atexit and on_exit depend on malloc, which can be bad when compiling
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static executables.
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Unless you use uClibc with C++, you should probably answer N.
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@@ -388,7 +399,7 @@ config HAS_SHADOW
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bool "Shadow Password Support"
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default y
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help
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- Answer N if you do not need shadow password support.
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+ Answer N if you do not need shadow password support.
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Most people will answer Y.
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config UNIX98PTY_ONLY
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@@ -396,7 +407,7 @@ config UNIX98PTY_ONLY
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default y
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help
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If you want to support only Unix 98 PTYs enable this. Some older
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- applications may need this disabled. For most current programs,
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+ applications may need this disabled. For most current programs,
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you can generally answer Y.
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config ASSUME_DEVPTS
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@@ -404,7 +415,7 @@ config ASSUME_DEVPTS
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default y
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help
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Enable this if /dev/pts is on a devpts or devfs filesystem. Both
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- these filesystems automatically manage permissions on the /dev/pts
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+ these filesystems automatically manage permissions on the /dev/pts
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devices. You may need to mount your devpts or devfs filesystem on
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/dev/pts for this to work.
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@@ -488,15 +499,15 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_IPV6
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help
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If you want to include support for the next version of the Internet
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Protocol (IP version 6) then answer Y.
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-
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+
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Most people should answer N.
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config UCLIBC_HAS_RPC
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bool "Remote Procedure Call (RPC) support"
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default n
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help
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- If you want to include RPC support, enable this. RPC is rarely used
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- for anything except for the NFS filesystem. Unless you plan to use NFS,
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+ If you want to include RPC support, enable this. RPC is rarely used
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+ for anything except for the NFS filesystem. Unless you plan to use NFS,
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you can probably leave this set to N and save some space. If you need
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to use NFS then you should answer Y.
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@@ -506,7 +517,7 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_FULL_RPC
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default y if !HAVE_SHARED
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help
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Normally we enable just enough RPC support for things like rshd and
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- nfs mounts to work. If you find you need the rest of the RPC stuff,
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+ nfs mounts to work. If you find you need the rest of the RPC stuff,
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then enable this option. Most people can safely answer N.
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endmenu
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@@ -522,7 +533,7 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_GENERIC_OPT
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In general, they are faster (but 3-5K larger) than the base
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uClibc string functions which are optimized solely for size.
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- Many people will answer Y.
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+ Many people will answer Y.
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config UCLIBC_HAS_STRING_ARCH_OPT
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bool "Use arch-specific string functions"
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@@ -541,7 +552,7 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_TABLES
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Answer Y to use table versions of the 'ctype.h' functions.
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While the non-table versions are often smaller when building
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staticly linked apps, they work only in stub locale mode.
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-
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+
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Most people will answer Y.
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config UCLIBC_HAS_CTYPE_SIGNED
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@@ -587,7 +598,7 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_WCHAR
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bool "Wide Character Support"
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default n
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help
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- Answer Y to enable wide character support. This will make uClibc
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+ Answer Y to enable wide character support. This will make uClibc
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much larger. It is also currently required for locale support.
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Most people will answer N.
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@@ -600,8 +611,8 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE
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help
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uClibc now has full ANSI/ISO C99 locale support (except for
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wcsftime() and collating items in regex). Be aware that enabling
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- this option will make uClibc much larger.
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-
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+ this option will make uClibc much larger.
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+
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Enabling UCLIBC_HAS_LOCALE with the default set of supported locales
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(169 UTF-8 locales, and 144 locales for other codesets) will enlarge
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uClibc by around 300k. You can reduce this size by building your own
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@@ -985,7 +996,7 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_FTW
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bool "Support the ftw() and nftw() interfaces"
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default n
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help
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- The SuSv3 ftw() and nftw() interfaces are used to recursively descend
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+ The SuSv3 ftw() and nftw() interfaces are used to recursively descend
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directory paths while repeatedly calling a function.
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This interface is rarely used, and adds around 4.5k. Unless you have
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@@ -998,7 +1009,7 @@ config UCLIBC_HAS_GLOB
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The glob interface is somewhat large (weighing in at about 4k). It
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is used fairly often, but is an option since people wanting to go for
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- absolute minimum size may wish to omit it.
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+ absolute minimum size may wish to omit it.
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Most people will answer Y.
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@@ -1023,7 +1034,7 @@ config SHARED_LIB_LOADER_PREFIX
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BIG FAT WARNING:
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If you do not have a shared library loader with the correct name
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- sitting in the directory this points to, your binaries will not
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+ sitting in the directory this points to, your binaries will not
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run.
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config SYSTEM_LDSO
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@@ -1037,7 +1048,7 @@ config SYSTEM_LDSO
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BIG FAT WARNING:
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If you do not have a shared library loader with the correct name
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- sitting in the directory this points to, your binaries will not
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+ sitting in the directory this points to, your binaries will not
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run.
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config RUNTIME_PREFIX
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@@ -1268,7 +1279,7 @@ config UCLIBC_MALLOC_DEBUGGING
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2 - output messages for malloc/free calls and OS allocation calls
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4 - output messages for the `MMB' layer
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8 - output messages for internal malloc heap manipulation calls
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-
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+
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Because this increases the size of malloc appreciably (due to strings
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etc), you should say N unless you need to debug a malloc problem.
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