Doc change explaining usemymalloc='n'.

p4raw-id: //depot/maint-5.005/perl@18679

diff --git a/hints/linux.sh b/hints/linux.sh
index 4764e9e..a5817b5 100644 (file)
--- a/hints/linux.sh
+++ b/hints/linux.sh
@@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ libswanted="$*"
 # function in <sys/stat.h>.
 d_lstat=define
 
-# Explanation?
+# The system malloc() is about as fast and as frugal as perl's. 
+# Since the system malloc() has been the default since at least
+# 5.001, we might as well leave it that way.  --AD  10 Jan 2002
 case "$usemymalloc" in
 '') usemymalloc='n' ;;
 esac