bug#18759: 24.3.94; Yank from clipboard crashes

[Jan Djärv]

Hi.

> 20 okt 2014 kl. 01:40 skrev YAMAMOTO Mitsuharu 
> <mituharu@math.s.chiba-u.ac.jp>:
> 
>>>>>> On Sun, 19 Oct 2014 11:38:54 +0200, Jan Djärv <jan.h.d@swipnet.se> said:
> 
>> In the trunk we don't use alloca.  When we imported changes from
>> macport 4.91 (based on 24.3.91), alloca was replaced with xmalloc.
> 
>> We actually jumped from macport 4.7 to macport 4.91 (based on
>> 24.3.91) so it might have changed in some version before 4.91.
> 
>> I can't find a reference to some bug in the announcements for mac
>> port.  The macport ftp site is down, so I can't get all details.
>> But maybe a bug similar to this was known and fixed by replacing
>> alloca.
> 
> The replacement in the Mac port was not for bug fixes, but actually to
> support drawing outside the main thread via Grand Central Dispatch.

Thanks.

        Jan D.