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Re: [PATCH] Remove useless if-before-free tests.

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Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date
Feb 22, 2008, 17:40 UTC
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Jim Meyering <jim@meyering.net> writes:
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>> Thanks.  I'll queue this probably in 'next' for now, but we
>> would want a conditional workaround for git-compat-util.h before
>> we push it out to 'master'.
>
> Ok.
> Would you like an autoconf test to check for working free?
Sure, but that could be left for later rounds.

We usually first add manual configuration option to Makefile (say, NO_FREE_NULL=Unfortunately) and then set that symbol via autoconf only when somebody really cares about.

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  1. Remove useless if-before-free tests.Jim Meyering, Feb 17, 2008
  2. David SymondsFeb 17, 2008
  3. Jim MeyeringFeb 18, 2008
  4. Junio C HamanoFeb 18, 2008
  5. Johannes SchindelinFeb 17, 2008
  6. Jim MeyeringFeb 18, 2008
  7. Jean-Luc HerrenFeb 18, 2008
  8. Jim MeyeringFeb 20, 2008
  9. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2008
  10. Jim MeyeringFeb 22, 2008
  11. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2008
  12. Jim MeyeringFeb 22, 2008
  13. Junio C HamanoFeb 22, 2008
  14. Jim MeyeringFeb 24, 2008
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  16. Uwe Kleine-KönigFeb 26, 2008
  17. Morten WelinderFeb 23, 2008
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