On Sun, 2024-01-21 at 12:00 +0800, Haoxin Tu wrote: > May I know if you are planning to propose a fix for it? I checked the > implementations of other `make` versions a bit further, and as far as > I can tell, the issue exists from the older make-4.0.90 (2014-9-30) > to the newest version of make (make-4.4.0.91).
That's incorrect. As Martin explained, and I mentioned in my replies, this issue was resolved back in 2017 and the fix is available starting in GNU Make 4.3 and above. In that release, the OUT_OF_MEMORY() macro has been replaced with an out_of_memory() function call, and neither that function nor any function it calls will try to allocate memory and so it cannot have the same behavior as the older code. In the current release, out-of-memory failures write a static buffer to a file descriptor then exit, without returning or trying to allocate more memory. Here is the relevant code from the current GNU Make 4.4.1 release: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git/tree/src/misc.c?h=4.4.1#n288 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git/tree/src/output.c?h=4.4.1#n532 https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git/tree/src/misc.c?h=4.4.1#n426 As an aside, all the versions of GNU Make that end in ".9x" such as the ones you refer to above, 4.0.90 and 4.4.0.91, are beta or release candidate releases. They are not fit for production use. Any release which is made available on the https://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/ site is a pre-release and should only be used for testing the release. You should only use releases with non-".9x" versions. You can find these releases at the official site https://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ and they are announced at https://savannah.gnu.org/projects/make/ -- Paul D. Smith <psm...@gnu.org> Find some GNU make tips at: https://www.gnu.org http://make.mad-scientist.net "Please remain calm...I may be mad, but I am a professional." --Mad Scientist
