* PROBLEMS (http): Add workaround for Cygwin crash.

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/etc/ChangeLog b/etc/ChangeLog
index 0b134576973..3811063d5d8 100644
--- a/etc/ChangeLog
+++ b/etc/ChangeLog
@@ -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 --git a/etc/PROBLEMS b/etc/PROBLEMS
index eb1e362cc71..acc5ff996a1 100644
--- a/etc/PROBLEMS
+++ b/etc/PROBLEMS
@@ -252,8 +252,19 @@ A typical error message is
 
 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