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illumos needs `alloca.h` to get `alloca()`

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1/5
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Under an hour
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65/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Clearly specified
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
cpp

Research direction

Open src/apputils/argparse.cpp and inspect its existing includes and use of alloca(). Use the linked OpenIndiana patch as reference for the illumos-specific include, then verify that the file compiles successfully on illumos.

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Description

To compile successfully src/apputils/argparse.cpp on illumos one needs to add the alloca.h include to the file.

See https://github.com/OpenIndiana/oi-userland/blob/e4f5cba886591d62fd365f7a941730796d2d5e46/components/library/opencolorio/patches/01-argparse.cpp.patch for reference.

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