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diff --git a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/malloc.c b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/malloc.c
index 6013e400837..6d5635228aa 100644
--- a/gnu/usr.bin/perl/malloc.c
+++ b/gnu/usr.bin/perl/malloc.c
@@ -6,6 +6,12 @@
* "'The Chamber of Records,' said Gimli. 'I guess that is where we now stand.'"
*/
+/* This file contains Perl's own implementation of the malloc library.
+ * It is used if Configure decides that, on your platform, Perl's
+ * version is better than the OS's, or if you give Configure the
+ * -Dusemymalloc command-line option.
+ */
+
/*
Here are some notes on configuring Perl's malloc. (For non-perl
usage see below.)
@@ -357,6 +363,7 @@
# define Free_t void
# endif
# define Copy(s,d,n,t) (void)memcpy((char*)(d),(char*)(s), (n) * sizeof(t))
+# define CopyD(s,d,n,t) memcpy((char*)(d),(char*)(s), (n) * sizeof(t))
# define PerlEnv_getenv getenv
# define PerlIO_printf fprintf
# define PerlIO_stderr() stderr
@@ -2311,8 +2318,7 @@ Perl_strdup(const char *s)
MEM_SIZE l = strlen(s);
char *s1 = (char *)Perl_malloc(l+1);
- Copy(s, s1, (MEM_SIZE)(l+1), char);
- return s1;
+ return CopyD(s, s1, (MEM_SIZE)(l+1), char);
}
#ifdef PERL_CORE