[arachne] Re: Memory leak in Arachne 1.89

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On Mon, 13 Feb 2006 23:04:52 +0000, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> Hi all,

> while going back and forward again between

> http://www.freelists.org/archives/

> and

> http://www.freelists.org/archives/arachne/

> several times in Arachne 1.89, I noticed that the free xSwap displayed
> steadily falls. Arachne becomes slower and slower and finally hangs my
> PC. Could this be a memory leak in one of the xSwap routines?

> Regards,

> Udo

Yes, that's exactly what the problem is.

It's not a new bug. It has been with us for many years.

I have been searching through the SRC code for several years now trying
to find the cause and cure.

No success. :(

The work-around is quite simple.

As soon as you noticw the drop in free Xswap memory...

Alt+E, exit<enter>

This shells to DOS and then exits the shell which 'restarts' Arachne
freeing-up that lost Xswap memory.

Rest assured that myself and the other members of the Arachne
development team will continue working on finding the cause and cure.

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