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Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:31:22 +0200
From: Edgar Matzinger <edgar AT edgar-matzinger DOT nl>
Subject: Re: Memory leakage?
To: Dave Korn <dave DOT korn AT artimi DOT com>
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Hi Dave,

On 06/10/2007 11:46:35 PM, Dave Korn wrote:
> On 10 June 2007 13:00, Edgar Matzinger wrote:
> 
> > Hello list,
> > 
> >   I wonder if there is a memory leakage problem with the current cygwin
> > release. After upgrading to it, and trying to compile Gnome (using
> > garnome), the memory usage keeps increasing. Even after I've stopped
> > the building process, the memory isn't freed up. 
> 
>   How exactly are you measuring the memory usage of a process that no
> longer
> exists, then?

  I'm using the windows task manager. Furthermore, I've noticed that
the system is unable to start new processes, when memory is exhausted
and the garnome build process has crashed....

This *looks* like a memory leak to me.

Cheers, Edgar.
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