Ptmalloc2

Jul 20, 2023

Alternative threads-aware malloc

ptmalloc is the original version of the malloc that was later included in GNU libc. This version is also but not exclusively LGPL

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This package comes with no documentation beyond a README, which isn’t worth installing. It appears that the GNU libc man page malloc3 applies, but it’s not included here for copyright reasons.



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