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3 | "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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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 "418d38bd9c66398386a372ec0435250e">
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10 | <!ENTITY gc-size "739 KB">
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11 | <!ENTITY gc-buildsize "7.1 MB">
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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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45 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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46 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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47 | <listitem>
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48 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&gc-download-http;"/></para>
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49 | </listitem>
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50 | <listitem>
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51 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&gc-download-ftp;"/></para>
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52 | </listitem>
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53 | <listitem>
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54 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &gc-md5sum;</para>
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55 | </listitem>
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56 | <listitem>
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57 | <para>Download size: &gc-size;</para>
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58 | </listitem>
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59 | <listitem>
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60 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &gc-buildsize;</para>
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61 | </listitem>
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62 | <listitem>
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63 | <para>Estimated build time: &gc-time;</para>
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64 | </listitem>
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65 | </itemizedlist>
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66 |
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67 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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68 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/gc"/></para>
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69 |
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70 | </sect2>
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71 |
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72 | <sect2 role="installation">
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73 | <title>Installation of GC</title>
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74 |
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75 | <para>Install <application>GC</application> by running the following
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76 | commands:</para>
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77 |
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78 | <screen><userinput>sed -i "s|\$(datadir)/@PACKAGE@|&-&gc-version;|" doc/Makefile.in &&
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79 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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80 | --datadir=/usr/share/doc --enable-cplusplus &&
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81 | make</userinput></screen>
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82 |
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83 | <para>To test the results, issue: <command>make check</command>.</para>
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84 |
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85 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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86 |
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87 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install &&
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88 | install -v -m644 doc/gc.man /usr/share/man/man3/gc_malloc.3 &&
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89 | ln -v -s gc_malloc.3 /usr/share/man/man3/gc.3</userinput></screen>
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90 |
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91 | </sect2>
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92 |
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93 | <sect2 role="commands">
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94 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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95 |
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96 | <para><command>sed -i "s|\$(datadir)/@PACKAGE@|&-&gc-version;|" ...</command>:
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97 | This command appends <quote>-&gc-version;</quote> to the default documentation
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98 | installation path of
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99 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/gc</filename>.</para>
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100 |
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101 | <para><parameter>--datadir=/usr/share/doc</parameter>: This parameter
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102 | changes the installation path of the documentation to
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103 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/doc/gc</filename> instead of
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104 | <filename class='directory'>/usr/share/gc</filename>.</para>
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105 |
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106 | <para><parameter>--enable-cplusplus</parameter>: This parameter forces
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107 | the building and installation of the C++ library along with the standard
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108 | C library.</para>
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109 |
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110 | </sect2>
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111 |
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112 | <sect2 role="content">
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113 | <title>Contents</title>
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114 |
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115 | <segmentedlist>
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116 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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117 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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118 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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119 |
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120 | <seglistitem>
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121 | <seg>None</seg>
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122 | <seg>libgc.{so,a} and libgccpp.{so,a}</seg>
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123 | <seg>/usr/include/gc and /usr/share/doc/gc-&gc-version;</seg>
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124 | </seglistitem>
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125 | </segmentedlist>
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126 |
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127 | <variablelist>
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128 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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129 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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130 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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131 |
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132 | <varlistentry id="libgc">
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133 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgc.{so,a}</filename></term>
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134 | <listitem>
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135 | <para>contains a C interface to the conservative garbage collector,
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136 | primarily designed to replace the C malloc function.</para>
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137 | <indexterm zone="gc libgc">
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138 | <primary sortas="c-libgc">libgc.{so,a}</primary>
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139 | </indexterm>
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140 | </listitem>
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141 | </varlistentry>
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142 |
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143 | <varlistentry id="libgccpp">
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144 | <term><filename class='libraryfile'>libgccpp.{so,a}</filename></term>
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145 | <listitem>
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146 | <para>contains a C++ interface to the conservative garbage
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147 | collector.</para>
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148 | <indexterm zone="gc libgccpp">
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149 | <primary sortas="c-libgccpp">libgccpp.{so,a}</primary>
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150 | </indexterm>
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151 | </listitem>
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152 | </varlistentry>
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153 |
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154 | </variablelist>
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155 |
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156 | </sect2>
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157 |
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158 | </sect1>
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