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 2001-12-16  Richard M. Stallman  <rms@gnu.org>
 
+	* alloc.c (pure_alloc): After overflow, allocate just a small block.
+
 	* Makefile.in (xmenu.o, xterm.o, fontset.o): Depend on buffer.h.
 
 	* buffer.h (struct buffer): New field `display_error_modiff'.