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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 valgrind-download-http "https://sourceware.org/ftp/valgrind/valgrind-&valgrind-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY valgrind-download-ftp "ftp://sourceware.org/pub/valgrind/valgrind-&valgrind-version;.tar.bz2">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY valgrind-md5sum "d1b153f1ab17cf1f311705e7a83ef589">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY valgrind-size "16 MB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY valgrind-buildsize "615 MB (add 100 MB for tests)">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY valgrind-time "0.6 SBU (Using parallelism=4; add 7.7 SBU for tests)">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="valgrind" xreflabel="Valgrind-&valgrind-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="valgrind.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>Valgrind-&valgrind-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="valgrind">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Valgrind">Valgrind</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 Valgrind</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>
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| 33 | <application>Valgrind</application> is an instrumentation framework for
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| 34 | building dynamic analysis tools. There are Valgrind tools that can
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| 35 | automatically detect many memory management and threading bugs, and
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| 36 | profile programs in detail. Valgrind can also be used to build new
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| 37 | tools.
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| 38 | </para>
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| 39 |
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| 40 | &lfs10_checked;
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 43 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 44 | <listitem>
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| 45 | <para>
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| 46 | Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&valgrind-download-http;"/>
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| 47 | </para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>
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| 51 | Download (FTP): <ulink url="&valgrind-download-ftp;"/>
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| 52 | </para>
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| 53 | </listitem>
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| 54 | <listitem>
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| 55 | <para>
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| 56 | Download MD5 sum: &valgrind-md5sum;
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| 57 | </para>
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| 58 | </listitem>
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| 59 | <listitem>
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| 60 | <para>
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| 61 | Download size: &valgrind-size;
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| 62 | </para>
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| 63 | </listitem>
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| 64 | <listitem>
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| 65 | <para>
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| 66 | Estimated disk space required: &valgrind-buildsize;
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| 67 | </para>
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| 68 | </listitem>
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| 69 | <listitem>
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| 70 | <para>
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| 71 | Estimated build time: &valgrind-time;
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| 72 | </para>
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| 73 | </listitem>
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| 74 | </itemizedlist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <!-- Not needed with 3.16.0
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| 77 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 78 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 79 | <listitem>
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| 80 | <para>
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| 81 | Required patch:
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| 82 | <ulink url="&patch-root;/valgrind-&valgrind-version;-gcc_10-fixes-1.patch"/>
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| 83 | </para>
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| 84 | </listitem>
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| 85 | </itemizedlist>
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| 86 | -->
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| 87 |
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| 88 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Valgrind Dependencies</bridgehead>
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| 89 |
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| 90 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional</bridgehead>
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| 91 | <para role="optional">
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| 92 | <!-- The below programs are no longer used or looked for. -->
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| 93 | <!--<xref linkend="bind"/> or <xref linkend="bind-utils"/> (for tests),
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| 94 | <xref linkend="boost"/>, -->
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| 95 | <xref linkend="gdb"/> (for tests),
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| 96 | <xref linkend="llvm"/> (with Clang), and
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| 97 | <xref linkend="which"/> (for tests)
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| 98 | </para>
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| 99 |
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| 100 | <!-- See "maintainer note", below
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| 101 | <bridgehead renderas="sect4">Optional for regenerating the documentation</bridgehead>
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| 102 | <para role="optional">
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| 103 | <xref linkend="libxslt"/> and
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| 104 | <xref linkend="texlive"/> (or <xref linkend="tl-installer"/>)
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| 105 | </para>
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| 106 | -->
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| 107 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 108 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/valgrind"/>
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| 109 | </para>
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| 110 | </sect2>
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| 111 |
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| 112 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 113 | <title>Installation of Valgrind</title>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <!-- Not needed with 3.16.0
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| 116 | <para>
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| 117 | First, adapt the tests to GCC-10, and fix the build:
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| 118 | </para>
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| 119 |
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| 120 | <screen><userinput remap="pre">patch -Np1 -i ../valgrind-&valgrind-version;-gcc_10-fixes-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 121 | -->
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <para>
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| 124 | Install <application>Valgrind</application> by running the following
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| 125 | commands:
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| 126 | </para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <screen><userinput>sed -i 's|/doc/valgrind||' docs/Makefile.in &&
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| 129 |
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| 130 | ./configure --prefix=/usr \
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| 131 | --datadir=/usr/share/doc/valgrind-&valgrind-version; &&
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| 132 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <para>
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| 135 | To test the results, issue: <command>make regtest</command>. The tests
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| 136 | may hang forever if <xref linkend="gdb"/> is not installed. Some tests
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| 137 | are known to hang also, depending on the version of glibc. Some tests
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| 138 | in the "drd" test suite are known to fail as well. Problematic
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| 139 | tests can be disabled by changing the <userinput>prereq:</userinput> line
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| 140 | in the corresponding <filename>.vgtest</filename> file to
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| 141 | <userinput>prereq: false</userinput>. For example:
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| 142 | </para>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <screen><userinput>sed -e 's@prereq:.*@prereq: false@' \
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| 145 | -i {helgrind,drd}/tests/pth_cond_destroy_busy.vgtest</userinput></screen>
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| 146 |
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| 147 | <note>
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| 148 | <para>
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| 149 | The <application>OpenMP</application> tests are skipped if libgomp
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| 150 | has been compiled with <option>--enable-linux-futex</option> (the
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| 151 | default). If needed, just recompile the libgomp library from
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| 152 | the gcc build tree, passing <option>--disable-linux-futex</option>
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| 153 | to configure, storing the library to some place and changing the link
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| 154 | from <filename>/usr/lib/libgomp.so.1</filename> to point to the new
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| 155 | library.
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| 156 | </para>
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| 157 | </note>
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| 158 |
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| 159 | <!-- Note to maintainer: there is a long thread in ticket #5882 explaining
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| 160 | why we do not provide instructions to rebuild the documentation.
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| 161 | (still broken with TeXLive 2016) -->
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| 162 |
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| 163 | <para>
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| 164 | Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:
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| 165 | </para>
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| 166 |
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| 167 | <screen role="root"><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | </sect2>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 172 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 173 |
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| 174 | <para>
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| 175 | <command>sed -i ... docs/Makefile.in </command>: This sed provides for
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| 176 | installing the documentation in a versioned directory.
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| 177 | </para>
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| 178 |
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| 179 | <para>
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| 180 | <option>--enable-lto=yes</option>: This option allows building Valgrind
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| 181 | with LTO (link time optimization). This produces a smaller/faster
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| 182 | Valgrind (up to 10%), but build time increases to about 5.5 SBU.
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| 183 | </para>
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| 184 |
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| 185 | </sect2>
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| 186 |
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| 187 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 188 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 189 |
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| 190 | <segmentedlist>
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| 191 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 192 | <segtitle>Installed Library</segtitle>
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| 193 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 194 |
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| 195 | <seglistitem>
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| 196 | <seg>
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| 197 | callgrind_annotate,
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| 198 | callgrind_control,
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| 199 | cg_annotate,
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| 200 | cg_diff,
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| 201 | cg_merge,
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| 202 | ms_print,
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| 203 | valgrind,
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| 204 | valgrind-di-server,
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| 205 | valgrind-listener, and
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| 206 | vgdb
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| 207 | </seg>
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| 208 | <seg>
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| 209 | libcoregrind-<Arch>-linux.a,
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| 210 | libgcc-sup-<Arch>-linux.a,
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| 211 | libreplacemalloc_toolpreload-<Arch>-linux.a,
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| 212 | libvex-<Arch>-linux.a,
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| 213 | libvexmultiarch-amd64-linux.a,
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| 214 | vgpreload_core-<Arch>-linux.so,
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| 215 | vgpreload_drd-<Arch>-linux.so,
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| 216 | vgpreload_exp-dhat-<Arch>-linux.so,
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| 217 | vgpreload_helgrind-<Arch>-linux.so,
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| 218 | vgpreload_massif-<Arch>-linux.so, and
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| 219 | vgpreload_memcheck-<Arch>-linux.so, where
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| 220 | <Arch> is x86 or amd64
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| 221 | </seg>
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| 222 | <seg>
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| 223 | /usr/lib/valgrind,
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| 224 | /usr/libexec/valgrind,
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| 225 | /usr/include/valgrind, and
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| 226 | /usr/share/doc/valgrind-&valgrind-version;
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| 227 | </seg>
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| 228 | </seglistitem>
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| 229 | </segmentedlist>
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| 230 |
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| 231 | <variablelist>
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| 232 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 233 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 234 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 235 |
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| 236 | <varlistentry id="valgrind-prog">
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| 237 | <term><command>valgrind</command></term>
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| 238 | <listitem>
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| 239 | <para>
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| 240 | is a program for debugging and profiling Linux executables.
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| 241 | </para>
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| 242 | <indexterm zone="valgrind valgrind-prog">
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| 243 | <primary sortas="b-valgrind">valgrind</primary>
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| 244 | </indexterm>
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| 245 | </listitem>
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| 246 | </varlistentry>
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| 247 |
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| 248 | <varlistentry id="callgrind_annotate">
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| 249 | <term><command>callgrind_annotate</command></term>
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| 250 | <listitem>
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| 251 | <para>
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| 252 | takes an output file produced by the
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| 253 | <application>Valgrind</application> tool Callgrind and prints the
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| 254 | information in an easy-to-read form.
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| 255 | </para>
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| 256 | <indexterm zone="valgrind callgrind_annotate">
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| 257 | <primary sortas="b-callgrind_annotate">callgrind_annotate</primary>
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| 258 | </indexterm>
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| 259 | </listitem>
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| 260 | </varlistentry>
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| 261 |
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| 262 | <varlistentry id="callgrind_control">
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| 263 | <term><command>callgrind_control</command></term>
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| 264 | <listitem>
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| 265 | <para>
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| 266 | controls programs being run by the <application>Valgrind</application>
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| 267 | tool Callgrind.
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| 268 | </para>
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| 269 | <indexterm zone="valgrind callgrind_control">
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| 270 | <primary sortas="b-callgrind_control">callgrind_control</primary>
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| 271 | </indexterm>
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| 272 | </listitem>
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| 273 | </varlistentry>
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| 274 |
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| 275 | <varlistentry id="cg_annotate">
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| 276 | <term><command>cg_annotate</command></term>
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| 277 | <listitem>
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| 278 | <para>
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| 279 | is a post-processing tool for the <application>Valgrind</application>
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| 280 | tool Cachegrind.
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| 281 | </para>
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| 282 | <indexterm zone="valgrind cg_annotate">
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| 283 | <primary sortas="b-cg_annotate">cg_annotate</primary>
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| 284 | </indexterm>
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| 285 | </listitem>
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| 286 | </varlistentry>
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| 287 |
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| 288 | <varlistentry id="cg_diff">
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| 289 | <term><command>cg_diff</command></term>
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| 290 | <listitem>
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| 291 | <para>
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| 292 | compares two Cachegrind output files.
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| 293 | </para>
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| 294 | <indexterm zone="valgrind cg_diff">
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| 295 | <primary sortas="b-cg_diff">cg_diff</primary>
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| 296 | </indexterm>
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| 297 | </listitem>
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| 298 | </varlistentry>
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| 299 |
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| 300 | <varlistentry id="cg_merge">
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| 301 | <term><command>cg_merge</command></term>
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| 302 | <listitem>
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| 303 | <para>
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| 304 | merges multiple Cachegrind output files into one.
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| 305 | </para>
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| 306 | <indexterm zone="valgrind cg_merge">
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| 307 | <primary sortas="b-cg_merge">cg_merge</primary>
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| 308 | </indexterm>
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| 309 | </listitem>
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| 310 | </varlistentry>
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| 311 |
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| 312 | <varlistentry id="ms_print">
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| 313 | <term><command>ms_print</command></term>
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| 314 | <listitem>
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| 315 | <para>
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| 316 | takes an output file produced by the <application>Valgrind</application>
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| 317 | tool Massif and prints the information in an easy-to-read form.
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| 318 | </para>
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| 319 | <indexterm zone="valgrind ms_print">
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| 320 | <primary sortas="b-ms_print">ms_print</primary>
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| 321 | </indexterm>
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| 322 | </listitem>
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| 323 | </varlistentry>
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| 324 |
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| 325 | <varlistentry id="valgrind-di-server">
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| 326 | <term><command>valgrind-di-server</command></term>
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| 327 | <listitem>
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| 328 | <para>
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| 329 | is a server that reads debuginfo from objects stored on a
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| 330 | different machine.
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| 331 | </para>
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| 332 | <indexterm zone="valgrind valgrind-di-server">
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| 333 | <primary sortas="b-valgrind-di-server">valgrind-di-server</primary>
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| 334 | </indexterm>
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| 335 | </listitem>
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| 336 | </varlistentry>
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| 337 |
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| 338 | <varlistentry id="valgrind-listener">
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| 339 | <term><command>valgrind-listener</command></term>
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| 340 | <listitem>
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| 341 | <para>
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| 342 | listens on a socket for Valgrind commentary.
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| 343 | </para>
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| 344 | <indexterm zone="valgrind valgrind-listener">
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| 345 | <primary sortas="b-valgrind-listener">valgrind-listener</primary>
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| 346 | </indexterm>
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| 347 | </listitem>
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| 348 | </varlistentry>
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| 349 |
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| 350 | <varlistentry id="vgdb">
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| 351 | <term><command>vgdb</command></term>
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| 352 | <listitem>
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| 353 | <para>
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| 354 | is an intermediary between Valgrind and GDB or a shell.
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| 355 | </para>
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| 356 | <indexterm zone="valgrind vgdb">
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| 357 | <primary sortas="b-vgdb">vgdb</primary>
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| 358 | </indexterm>
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| 359 | </listitem>
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| 360 | </varlistentry>
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| 361 |
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| 362 | </variablelist>
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| 363 |
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| 364 | </sect2>
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| 365 |
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| 366 | </sect1>
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