# HG changeset patch
# User Chong Yidong <cyd@stupidchicken.com>
# Date 1258753200 0
# Node ID 143bc3eab4f0c7de4818ea61139a9f5532a0073e
# Parent  f1323114a032d2d561ee9af5f32caf0d083b46d9
* PROBLEMS (http): Add workaround for Cygwin crash.

diff -r f1323114a032 -r 143bc3eab4f0 etc/ChangeLog
--- a/etc/ChangeLog	Fri Nov 20 21:12:54 2009 +0000
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog	Fri Nov 20 21:40:00 2009 +0000
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-11-20  Ken Brown  <kbrown@cornell.edu>  (tiny change)
+
+	* PROBLEMS (http): Add workaround for Cygwin crash.
+
 2009-11-17  Jan Djärv  <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
 
 	* NEWS: Mention dynamic font changes (font-use-system-font).
diff -r f1323114a032 -r 143bc3eab4f0 etc/PROBLEMS
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS	Fri Nov 20 21:12:54 2009 +0000
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS	Fri Nov 20 21:40:00 2009 +0000
@@ -252,8 +252,19 @@
 
 Emacs supplies its own malloc, but glib (part of Gtk+) calls memalign and on
 Cygwin, that becomes the Cygwin supplied memalign.  As malloc is not the
-Cygwin malloc, the Cygwin memalign always returns ENOSYS.  A fix for this
-problem would be welcome.
+Cygwin malloc, the Cygwin memalign always returns ENOSYS.
+
+One workaround is to set G_SLICE=always-malloc before starting emacs.
+For example, in bash,
+
+  G_SLICE=always-malloc emacs
+
+or put
+
+  export G_SLICE=always-malloc
+
+in one of the bash startup files.  This also has to be done before
+building emacs on Cygwin with Gtk+.
 
 * General runtime problems