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[6732c094] | 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
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| 3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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[3bbd5fe9] | 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 6 |
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[2c6438c2] | 7 | <!ENTITY gc-download-http "http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/gc_source/gc-&gc-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY gc-download-ftp "&gentoo-ftp-repo;/gc-&gc-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY gc-md5sum "2ff9924c7249ef7f736ecfe6f08f3f9b">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY gc-size "1 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY gc-buildsize "13 MB">
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[3bbd5fe9] | 12 | <!ENTITY gc-time "0.2 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="gc" xreflabel="GC-&gc-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="gc.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>GC-&gc-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="gc">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-GC">GC</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to GC</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>GC</application> package contains the
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| 33 | Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector, which can be used as a
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| 34 | garbage collecting replacement for the C malloc function or C++ new
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| 35 | operator. It allows you to allocate memory basically as you normally would,
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| 36 | without explicitly deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The
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| 37 | collector automatically recycles memory when it determines that it can no
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| 38 | longer be otherwise accessed. The collector is also used by a number of
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| 39 | programming language implementations that either use C as intermediate
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| 40 | code, want to facilitate easier interoperation with C libraries, or just
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| 41 | prefer the simple collector interface. Alternatively, the garbage collector
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| 42 | may be used as a leak detector for C or C++ programs, though that is not
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| 43 | its primary goal.</para>
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| 44 |
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[2c6438c2] | 45 | &lfs70_checked;
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[d4796f8b] | 46 |
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[3bbd5fe9] | 47 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 48 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gc-download-http;"/></para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gc-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gc-md5sum;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | <listitem>
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| 59 | <para>Download size: &gc-size;</para>
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| 60 | </listitem>
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| 61 | <listitem>
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| 62 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gc-buildsize;</para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>Estimated build time: &gc-time;</para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | </itemizedlist>
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| 68 |
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[1039de3] | 69 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 70 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gc"/></para>
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| 71 |
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[3bbd5fe9] | 72 | </sect2>
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| 73 |
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| 74 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 75 | <title>Installation of GC</title>
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| 76 |
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| 77 | <para>Install <application>GC</application> by running the following
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| 78 | commands:</para>
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| 79 |
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[2c6438c2] | 80 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 81 | --datadir=/usr/share/doc \
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| 82 | --enable-cplusplus &&
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[3bbd5fe9] | 83 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 84 |
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| 85 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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| 86 |
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| 87 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 88 |
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| 89 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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| 90 | install -v -m644 doc/gc.man /usr/share/man/man3/gc_malloc.3 &&
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[2c6438c2] | 91 | ln -v -s gc_malloc.3 /usr/share/man/man3/gc.3 </userinput></screen>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 92 |
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| 93 | </sect2>
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| 94 |
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| 95 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 96 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 97 |
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| 98 | <para><parameter>--datadir=/usr/share/doc</parameter>: This parameter
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| 99 | changes the installation path of the documentation to
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| 100 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/gc</filename> instead of
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| 101 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/gc</filename>.</para>
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| 102 |
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| 103 | <para><parameter>--enable-cplusplus</parameter>: This parameter forces
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| 104 | the building and installation of the C++ library along with the standard
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| 105 | C library.</para>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | </sect2>
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| 108 |
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| 109 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 110 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <segmentedlist>
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| 113 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 114 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 115 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <seglistitem>
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| 118 | <seg>None</seg>
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[2c6438c2] | 119 | <seg>libcord.{a,so}, libgc.{so,a}, and libgccpp.{so,a}</seg>
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| 120 | <seg>/usr/include/gc and /usr/share/doc/gc</seg>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 121 | </seglistitem>
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| 122 | </segmentedlist>
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| 123 |
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| 124 | <variablelist>
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| 125 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 126 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 127 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 128 |
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| 129 | <varlistentry id="libgc">
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[1039de3] | 130 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgc.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 131 | <listitem>
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| 132 | <para>contains a C interface to the conservative garbage collector,
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| 133 | primarily designed to replace the C malloc function.</para>
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| 134 | <indexterm zone="gc libgc">
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[1039de3] | 135 | <primary sortas="c-libgc">libgc.{so,a}</primary>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 136 | </indexterm>
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| 137 | </listitem>
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| 138 | </varlistentry>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <varlistentry id="libgccpp">
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[1039de3] | 141 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgccpp.{so,a}</filename></term>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 142 | <listitem>
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| 143 | <para>contains a C++ interface to the conservative garbage
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| 144 | collector.</para>
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| 145 | <indexterm zone="gc libgccpp">
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[1039de3] | 146 | <primary sortas="c-libgccpp">libgccpp.{so,a}</primary>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 147 | </indexterm>
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| 148 | </listitem>
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| 149 | </varlistentry>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | </variablelist>
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| 152 |
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| 153 | </sect2>
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| 154 |
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| 155 | </sect1>
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