[BusyBox 0001276]: rev 18131 "punt useless header as pointed out by src.obsolete.headers" breaks building

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://busybox.net/bugs/view.php?id=1276 
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Reported By:                espakman
Assigned To:                BusyBox
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Project:                    BusyBox
Issue ID:                   1276
Category:                   Other
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     assigned
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Date Submitted:             03-18-2007 13:20 PDT
Last Modified:              03-18-2007 13:20 PDT
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Summary:                    rev 18131 "punt useless header as pointed out by
src.obsolete.headers" breaks building
Description: 
#include <malloc.h> in libbb.h doesn't seem to be pointless. Without,
busybox won't build.

gcc-3.3.3
uClibc-0.9.28

One of the errors:
coreutils/diff.c: In function `change':
coreutils/diff.c:775: error: `ptrdiff_t' undeclared (first use in this
function)
coreutils/diff.c:775: error: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only
once
coreutils/diff.c:775: error: for each function it appears in.)
coreutils/diff.c:775: error: parse error before "offset"
coreutils/diff.c:781: error: `offset' undeclared (first use in this
function)
make[2]: *** [coreutils/diff.o] Error 1
make[1]: *** [coreutils] Error 2

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Issue History 
Date Modified   Username       Field                    Change               
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03-18-07 13:20  espakman       New Issue                                    
03-18-07 13:20  espakman       Status                   new => assigned     
03-18-07 13:20  espakman       Assigned To               => BusyBox         
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