Re: Emacs and glibc malloc API change

[Paul Eggert]

Richard Stallman wrote:
> I'm asking all of you, the maintainers of GNU libc,
> to ask the community whether this change would cause a problem.
>
> One way to find out would be to release a patched alpha release
> and enlist the help of those who package it for Debian and Red Hat
> to help the community try their programs.

Yes, I expect that something like this will happen. It's too soon to start this, 
though, as the glibc changes have not been written.