Guideline change: glibc malloc as the C/C++/Rust allocator

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On Thu, 26 Jul 2018, Florian Weimer wrote:

> I would like to request a change of the Packaging Guidelines, advising
> packagers not to interpose malloc.

The use here of 'interpose' is unclear to me -- are you saying 
'substitute a different' ?

> The reasons are:
> 
> * We have resources to support glibc malloc, but not for other mallocs.
> * Other mallocs  do not follow ABI and provide insufficient alignment.
> * Choosing a malloc is workload-dependent and forcing a non-default
>   malloc takes options away from system administrators.

Could you please mention a couple of bugs where this is shown?

Thank you

-- Russ herrold
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