Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Note that the latest libc deb package (5.4.7-7, I think) has a special
> malloc lib file to be used in much the same way. I haven't installed it
> yet, but it's the better way to handle this.
Yes, it works fine. I use this as /usr/local/lib/netscape:
Rick Macdonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I do recall reading somewhere that a benefit of the newest libc is that
> it can now give freed memory back to the system. I'm guessing that I'm
> seeing this feature.
Yes, that is true. Big long-runnning apps (like X) will use less
memory with libc5.
Jean Orloff wrote:
> I noticed my X server (XFree86 3.1.2) started getting larger and larger (was
> 21Mb fat, with over 7Mb resident before I killed it). X grows faster the
> more fat windows I have (netscape, vrweb-mesa, ghostview...) which is maybe
> normal, but it sometimes doesn't shrink w
[Sorry, this is a repost, but the mail manager here went sick precisely at the
moment where answers could have come.]
I noticed my X server (XFree86 3.1.2) started getting larger and larger (was
21Mb fat, with over 7Mb resident before I killed it). X grows faster the
more fat windows I have (
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