[pkg-fetchmail-maint] Bug#688015: memory leak data update

Matthias Andree matthias.andree at gmx.de
Mon Sep 24 19:54:49 UTC 2012


Erik,

without either debugging info of a leak detector, or bare necessities to
reproduce the situation per the FAQ
<http://www.fetchmail.info/fetchmail-FAQ.html#G3>, there is no chance
this can ever be fixed.
(This does not rule out a lucky coincidence, but such a coincidence
might happen in a few years, or never.)

While the memory stats might hint to a leak, more info is required, and
I propose to also provide information from lsof -c fetchmail (run as root).

I will personally also not investigate bugs in 6.3.18, but only in
6.3.22 -- I might be willing to look at bug reports that pinpoint the
location in a code excerpt, however.

It all hinges on a way for me to reproduce the problem, or someone to
send a patch and/or a good explanation how the leak would show up.

Sorry.



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