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bug#27498: 25.2; Memory leak in M-x shell
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From: |
Ricardo Wurmus |
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Subject: |
bug#27498: 25.2; Memory leak in M-x shell |
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Date: |
Tue, 27 Jun 2017 07:17:59 +0200 |
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mu4e 0.9.18; emacs 25.2.1 |
npostavs@users.sourceforge.net writes:
> This is Bug#26952, it's due to using the custom "GNU version of malloc"
> without the "relocating allocater" (there were several bugs with the
> relocating allocater in 25.1). To fix you can configure with
> REL_ALLOC=yes (this should be okay in 25.2), or use Emacs' master branch
> where the standard system allocater can be used once again.
I have tried this and while the memory consumption still grows as the
buffer fills up (which I suppose is expected), memory is released as
soon as the buffer is killed.
Thank you for the hint!
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