Add a note for future generations about bug id 20000229.006.

p4raw-id: //depot/perl@7563

diff --git a/malloc.c b/malloc.c
index fc37cb2..55da67c 100644 (file)
--- a/malloc.c
+++ b/malloc.c
@@ -458,6 +458,11 @@ union      overhead {
        double  strut;                  /* alignment problems */
 #endif
        struct {
+/*
+ * Keep the ovu_index and ovu_magic in this order, having a char
+ * field first gives alignment indigestion in some systems, such as
+ * MachTen.
+ */
                u_char  ovu_index;      /* bucket # */
                u_char  ovu_magic;      /* magic number */
 #ifdef RCHECK