Revert last change to gmalloc.c; update some comments.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 61ea613e287..980c36f75c7 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -4340,14 +4340,16 @@ fi
 
 
 case $opsys in
-  dnl Emacs supplies its own malloc, but glib (part of Gtk+) calls
-  dnl memalign and on Cygwin, that becomes the Cygwin-supplied memalign.
-  dnl As malloc is not the Cygwin malloc, the Cygwin memalign always
-  dnl returns ENOSYS.  A workaround is to set G_SLICE=always-malloc. */
+  dnl Emacs supplies its own malloc, but glib calls posix_memalign,
+  dnl and on Cygwin prior to version 1.7.24 that becomes the
+  dnl Cygwin-supplied posix_memalign.  As malloc is not the Cygwin
+  dnl malloc, the Cygwin posix_memalign always returns ENOSYS.  A
+  dnl workaround is to set G_SLICE=always-malloc.  This is no longer
+  dnl needed starting with cygwin-1.7.24, and it is no longer
+  dnl effective starting with glib-2.36. */
   cygwin)
     AC_DEFINE(G_SLICE_ALWAYS_MALLOC, 1, [Define to set the
-      G_SLICE environment variable to "always-malloc" at startup, if
-      using GTK.])
+      G_SLICE environment variable to "always-malloc" at startup.])
     ;;
 
   hpux11)