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Epoch Memory Leaks?

#427
From: Colin Smiley
Date: Thu, 12 Nov 1992 15:40
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First, the details: 

epoch 4.2 compile with gcc 2.2.2 (haven't tried 2.3.1 on it yet),
running on a SPARC 2, SunOS 4.1.1, with X11R5.

I seem to have run into a memory leak somewhere.  Or maybe it is just
obscene memory usage.  I don't expect to see a fix for this anytime
soon, but I figured that I would let you people know what I am seeing.

Now the story:

I run epoch all the time.  More specifically, I leave it running for
as long as I am logged in (long periods of time, > 1 week to say
the least).  I have no need to quit and restart epoch, since I am
using the gnuserv package with it.  For the sake of background
information, I constantly run mh-e and lighbrite, plus I intermittently
run gnus.  I also find myself running any number of C editing sessions
under gnuserv/epoch.  What I have found is that after a longer period
of time, epoch's memory usage has climbed to between 7 and 10 MB!
This is some pretty serious memory usage.  

So I guess my question is, has anyone else seen this?  


Colin


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