Re: DBMalloc

From: George (greerga@DRAGON.HAM.MUOHIO.EDU)
Date: 10/01/97


On Wed, 1 Oct 1997, Akuma/Chris Baggett/DOOMer wrote:

>cp: cannot create regular file `/usr/local/lib/libdbmalloc.a': Permission
>denied

It helps to be root. :)  Otherwise, just keep the libdbmalloc.a file
in your circlemud source directory.

>any help would be appreciated as to how to go about setting this up,
>and after that, what do i do with the malloc.h file, and how do
>i make use of it? (or is it auto?)

Just tack -ldbmalloc onto the link line (-o circle) in the Makefile and
it'll automatically use the right malloc. (Note: Put the -ldbmalloc after
all the other circlemud object files.)

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George Greer  -  Me@Null.net   | Genius may have its limitations, but stupidity
http://www.van.ml.org/~greerga | is not thus handicapped. -- Elbert Hubbard


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