source: general/genlib/talloc.xml@ 8aeb474

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  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
  %general-entities;

  <!ENTITY talloc-download-http "http://samba.org/ftp/talloc/talloc-&talloc-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY talloc-download-ftp  "ftp://samba.org/pub/talloc/talloc-&talloc-version;.tar.gz">
  <!ENTITY talloc-md5sum        "dbfb3146f4cc47054e13b8a2988299f9">
  <!ENTITY talloc-size          "368 KB">
  <!ENTITY talloc-buildsize     "5.6 MB">
  <!ENTITY talloc-time          "0.3 SBU">
]>

<sect1 id="talloc" xreflabel="talloc-&talloc-version;">
  <?dbhtml filename="talloc.html"?>

  <sect1info>
    <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
    <date>$Date$</date>
  </sect1info>

  <title>talloc-&talloc-version;</title>

  <indexterm zone="talloc">
    <primary sortas="a-talloc">talloc</primary>
  </indexterm>

  <sect2 role="package">
    <title>Introduction to talloc</title>

    <para><application>talloc</application> provides a hierarchical, reference
    counted memory pool system with destructors. It is the core memory
    allocator used in <application>Samba</application> and
    <application>MesaLib</application>.</para>

    &lfs72_checked;

    <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
    <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&talloc-download-http;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&talloc-download-ftp;"/></para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download MD5 sum: &talloc-md5sum;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Download size: &talloc-size;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated disk space required: &talloc-buildsize;</para>
      </listitem>
      <listitem>
        <para>Estimated build time: &talloc-time;</para>
      </listitem>
    </itemizedlist>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of talloc</title>

    <para>Install <application>talloc</application> by running the following
    commands:</para>

<screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr &amp;&amp;
make</userinput></screen>

    <para>To check the results, issue <command>make check</command>.</para>

    <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>

<screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>

  </sect2>

  <sect2 role="content">
    <title>Contents</title>

    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
      <segtitle>Installed Directory</segtitle>

      <seglistitem>
        <seg>None</seg>
        <seg>libtalloc.{a,so}</seg>
        <seg>None</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist>
      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>

      <varlistentry id="talloc-lib">
        <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libtalloc.{a,so}</filename></term>
        <listitem>
          <para>contains a replacemnt for the <application>glibc</application>
          malloc function.</para>
          <indexterm zone="talloc talloc-lib">
            <primary sortas="c-libtalloc">libtalloc.{a,so}</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

    </variablelist>

  </sect2>

</sect1>