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-rw-r--r--manual/memory.texi7
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/manual/filesys.texi b/manual/filesys.texi
index 8a91639a4e..c5c2f105d2 100644
--- a/manual/filesys.texi
+++ b/manual/filesys.texi
@@ -485,8 +485,8 @@ The @code{alphasort} function behaves like the @code{strcoll} function
 are not string pointers but instead they are of type
 @code{struct dirent **}.
 
-Return value of is less than, equal to, or greater than zero depending
-on the order of the two entries @var{a} and @var{b}.
+Return value of @code{alphasort} is less than, equal to, or greater than
+zero depending on the order of the two entries @var{a} and @var{b}.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @comment dirent.h
@@ -509,7 +509,7 @@ only that the directory entries it returns are described by elements of
 type @w{@code{struct dirent64}}.  The function pointed to by
 @var{selector} is again used to select the wanted entries only that
 @var{selector} now must point to a function which takes a
-@w{@code{struct dirent64 *} parameter.
+@w{@code{struct dirent64 *}} parameter.
 
 The @var{cmp} now must be a function which expects its two arguments to
 be of type @code{struct dirent64 **}.
@@ -528,8 +528,8 @@ The @code{alphasort64} function behaves like the @code{strcoll} function
 are not string pointers but instead they are of type
 @code{struct dirent64 **}.
 
-Return value of is less than, equal to, or greater than zero depending
-on the order of the two entries @var{a} and @var{b}.
+Return value of @code{alphasort64} is less than, equal to, or greater
+than zero depending on the order of the two entries @var{a} and @var{b}.
 @end deftypefun
 
 @comment dirent.h
diff --git a/manual/memory.texi b/manual/memory.texi
index 09147bcd14..262d772fc6 100644
--- a/manual/memory.texi
+++ b/manual/memory.texi
@@ -625,6 +625,13 @@ immediately.  This can be useful because otherwise a crash may happen
 much later, and the true cause for the problem is then very hard to
 track down.
 
+So, what's the difference between using @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} and linking
+with @samp{-lmcheck}?  @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} is orthognal with respect to
+@samp{-lmcheck}.  @samp{-lmcheck} has been added for backward
+compatibility.  Both @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} and @samp{-lmcheck} should
+uncover the same bugs - but using @code{MALLOC_CHECK_} you don't need to
+recompile your application.
+
 @node Hooks for Malloc
 @subsection Storage Allocation Hooks
 @cindex allocation hooks, for @code{malloc}