(malloc) Unsupported character in malloc options: 'o'

[Polytropon]

On Tue, 6 Dec 2016 15:15:43 +0530, Shrikanth B wrote:
> I am on FreeBSD 10.1.
> When i run "ln -s 'abort:true' /etc/malloc.conf" as mentioned in
> JEMALLOC(3)  man page, i get flooded with following errors:
> 
> (malloc) Unsupported character in malloc options: 'o'
> 
> (malloc) Unsupported character in malloc options: 't'
> 
> (malloc) Unsupported character in malloc options: ':'
> 
> (malloc) Unsupported character in malloc options: 't'
> 
> (malloc) Unsupported character in malloc options: 'e'
> 
> Any solution for this?

Without further invenstigation, it seems that malloc.conf is
being processed in the "old" way, where only "pre-jemalloc"
constrol characters are allowed;  out of "about:true", the
characters A, B, U, and R are valid. Are you sure you are
actually using the _jemalloc_ implementation?



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