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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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[63e2629] | 7 | <!ENTITY gc-download-http "http://www.hboehm.info/gc/gc_source/gc-&gc-version;.tar.gz">
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[8057fc4] | 8 | <!ENTITY gc-download-ftp " ">
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[2593c4a] | 9 | <!ENTITY gc-md5sum "0c3e5a2de567a4f199dc07740bbf21d1">
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[663957f] | 10 | <!ENTITY gc-size "1.1 MB">
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[2593c4a] | 11 | <!ENTITY gc-buildsize "11 MB (with tests)">
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[b8bc70d] | 12 | <!ENTITY gc-time "0.2 SBU (with tests)">
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[3bbd5fe9] | 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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[b3bb56b] | 32 | <para>
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| 33 | The <application>GC</application> package contains the Boehm-Demers-Weiser
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| 34 | conservative garbage collector, which can be used as a garbage collecting
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| 35 | replacement for the C malloc function or C++ new operator. It allows you
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| 36 | to allocate memory basically as you normally would, without explicitly
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| 37 | deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector automatically
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| 38 | recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer be otherwise
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| 39 | accessed. The collector is also used by a number of programming language
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| 40 | implementations that either use C as intermediate code, want to facilitate
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| 41 | easier interoperation with C libraries, or just prefer the simple
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| 42 | collector interface. Alternatively, the garbage collector may be used as a
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| 43 | leak detector for C or C++ programs, though that is not its primary goal.
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| 44 | </para>
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| 45 |
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[38489aa0] | 46 | &lfs84_checked;
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[d4796f8b] | 47 |
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[3bbd5fe9] | 48 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 49 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 50 | <listitem>
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[4355dbcf] | 51 | <para>
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| 52 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gc-download-http;"/>
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| 53 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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[4355dbcf] | 56 | <para>
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| 57 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gc-download-ftp;"/>
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| 58 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 59 | </listitem>
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| 60 | <listitem>
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[4355dbcf] | 61 | <para>
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| 62 | Download MD5 sum: &gc-md5sum;
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| 63 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 64 | </listitem>
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| 65 | <listitem>
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[4355dbcf] | 66 | <para>
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| 67 | Download size: &gc-size;
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| 68 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 69 | </listitem>
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| 70 | <listitem>
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[4355dbcf] | 71 | <para>
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| 72 | Estimated disk space required: &gc-buildsize;
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| 73 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | <listitem>
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[4355dbcf] | 76 | <para>
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| 77 | Estimated build time: &gc-time;
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| 78 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 79 | </listitem>
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| 80 | </itemizedlist>
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| 81 |
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[663957f] | 82 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Required</bridgehead>
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| 83 | <para role="required">
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| 84 | <xref linkend="libatomic_ops"/>
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| 85 | </para>
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[1039de3] | 86 |
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[b3bb56b] | 87 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">
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| 88 | User Notes: <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gc"/>
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| 89 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 90 | </sect2>
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| 91 |
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| 92 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 93 | <title>Installation of GC</title>
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| 94 |
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[b3bb56b] | 95 | <para>
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| 96 | Install <application>GC</application> by running the following commands:
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| 97 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 98 |
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[33d86da] | 99 | <screen><userinput>./configure --prefix=/usr \
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[1eb827c6] | 100 | --enable-cplusplus \
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| 101 | --disable-static \
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| 102 | --docdir=/usr/share/doc/gc-&gc-version; &&
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[3bbd5fe9] | 103 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 104 |
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[4355dbcf] | 105 | <para>
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| 106 | To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.
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| 107 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 108 |
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[b3bb56b] | 109 | <para>
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| 110 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 111 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 112 |
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| 113 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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[33d86da] | 114 | install -v -m644 doc/gc.man /usr/share/man/man3/gc_malloc.3</userinput></screen>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 115 | </sect2>
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| 116 |
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| 117 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 118 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 119 |
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[4355dbcf] | 120 | <para>
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[f1d7196] | 121 | <parameter>--docdir=/usr/share/doc/gc-&gc-version;</parameter>:
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[33d86da] | 122 | This option is used so the package will install the
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[4355dbcf] | 123 | documentation in a versioned directory.
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| 124 | </para>
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| 125 |
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[b3bb56b] | 126 | <para>
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| 127 | <parameter>--enable-cplusplus</parameter>: This parameter enables the
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[9f574bb] | 128 | building and installing of the C++ library along with the standard
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| 129 | C library.
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[b3bb56b] | 130 | </para>
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[4e143323] | 131 |
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| 132 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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| 133 | href="../../xincludes/static-libraries.xml"/>
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| 134 |
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[3bbd5fe9] | 135 | </sect2>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 138 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <segmentedlist>
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[c3c56b2] | 141 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 142 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 143 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 144 |
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| 145 | <seglistitem>
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[c3c56b2] | 146 | <seg>
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| 147 | None
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| 148 | </seg>
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[b3bb56b] | 149 | <seg>
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[33d86da] | 150 | libcord.so,
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| 151 | libgc.so, and
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[b3bb56b] | 152 | libgccpp.so
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| 153 | </seg>
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| 154 | <seg>
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| 155 | /usr/include/gc and
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[bfefc696] | 156 | /usr/share/doc/gc-&gc-version;
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[b3bb56b] | 157 | </seg>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 158 | </seglistitem>
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| 159 | </segmentedlist>
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| 160 |
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| 161 | <variablelist>
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| 162 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 163 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 164 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <varlistentry id="libgc">
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[4355dbcf] | 167 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgc.so</filename></term>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 168 | <listitem>
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[b3bb56b] | 169 | <para>
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| 170 | contains a C interface to the conservative garbage collector,
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| 171 | primarily designed to replace the C malloc function.
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| 172 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 173 | <indexterm zone="gc libgc">
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[b3bb56b] | 174 | <primary sortas="c-libgc">libgc.so</primary>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 175 | </indexterm>
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| 176 | </listitem>
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| 177 | </varlistentry>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <varlistentry id="libgccpp">
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[4355dbcf] | 180 | <term><filename class="libraryfile">libgccpp.so</filename></term>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 181 | <listitem>
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[b3bb56b] | 182 | <para>
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| 183 | contains a C++ interface to the conservative garbage collector.
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| 184 | </para>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 185 | <indexterm zone="gc libgccpp">
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[b3bb56b] | 186 | <primary sortas="c-libgccpp">libgccpp.so</primary>
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[3bbd5fe9] | 187 | </indexterm>
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| 188 | </listitem>
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| 189 | </varlistentry>
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[4e143323] | 190 |
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[3bbd5fe9] | 191 | </variablelist>
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[4e143323] | 192 |
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[3bbd5fe9] | 193 | </sect2>
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[4e143323] | 194 |
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[3bbd5fe9] | 195 | </sect1>
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