///usr/include/stdlib.h:617: warning: '__malloc__' attribute ignored

[Joel E. Denny]

When I try to build CVS Bison now, I get this warning repeatedly, and it 
breaks ./configure --enable-gcc-warnings:

  ///usr/include/stdlib.h:617: warning: '__malloc__' attribute ignored

Here's my Gcc:

  % gcc --version
  gcc (GCC) 4.1.0
  Copyright (C) 2006 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
  This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
  warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.

A complete example warning:

make[2]: Entering directory `/home/jdenny/bison/src'
if gcc -std=gnu99  -I. -I. -I../lib  -I../lib  -Wall -Wextra 
-Wno-sign-compare -Wcast-align -Wcast-qual -Wformat -Wpointer-arith 
-Wwrite-strings -Wbad-function-cast -Wmissing-declarations 
-Wmissing-prototypes -Wshadow -Wstrict-prototypes -Werror -g -O2 -MT LR0.o 
-MD -MP -MF ".deps/LR0.Tpo" -c -o LR0.o LR0.c; \
then mv -f ".deps/LR0.Tpo" ".deps/LR0.Po"; else rm -f ".deps/LR0.Tpo"; 
exit 1; fi
cc1: warnings being treated as errors
In file included from ../lib/stdlib.h:28,
                 from system.h:41,
                 from LR0.c:28:
///usr/include/stdlib.h:617: warning: '__malloc__' attribute ignored
make[2]: *** [LR0.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory `/home/jdenny/bison/src'
make[1]: *** [all] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/jdenny/bison/src'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1