GNU bug report logs - #8755
"ls -l" leaks memory

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Ola Olsson <ola1olsson <at> gmail.com>

Date: Sun, 29 May 2011 01:15:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Done: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>

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From: Pádraig Brady <P <at> draigBrady.com>
To: Ola Olsson <ola1olsson <at> gmail.com>
Cc: 8755-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#8755: "ls -l" leaks memory
Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 00:15:30 +0100

On 29/05/11 01:28, Ola Olsson wrote:
>  <bug-coreutils <at> gnu.org>According to valgrind, ls -l leaks memory. I have
> included the "coreutils version", "uname -a" information, Expected output
> from valgrind ("ls") and non-expected output ("ls -l").

ls does leak but inconsequentially.
Explicitly freeing the memory would only waste
time managing the heap just before we'd exit anyway.

cheers,
Pádraig.
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