GNU bug report logs - #27498
25.2; Memory leak in M-x shell

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>

Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 11:06:02 UTC

Severity: important

Merged with 26952, 31092, 38629

Found in versions 25.1, 25.2

Fixed in version 26.1

Done: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #13 received at 27498 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: npostavs <at> users.sourceforge.net
Cc: 27498 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#27498: 25.2; Memory leak in M-x shell
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2017 15:14:33 +0200

npostavs <at> 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.

Thank you for this information.  I’ll give this a try.

-- 
Ricardo

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