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Re: form: form_driver (form, REQ_PREV_PAGE) leaks memory
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Thomas E. Dickey |
Subject: |
Re: form: form_driver (form, REQ_PREV_PAGE) leaks memory |
Date: |
Wed, 28 Mar 2001 13:22:29 -0500 (EST) |
On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, Stefan Vogtner wrote:
> Thanks for the instant fix.
>
> There is another "problem" with ncurses 5.2:
> If I interrupt my program by Ctrl-C the screen is
> not fully reset: Sometimes the program's background color is
> kept after program termination in some cases (~10 %).
> When linked against ncurses 4.2 (SuSE Linux 6.3) the screen
> is always fully reset.
I don't know of anything _in_ ncurses which does this (if you're compiling
against the same underlying libraries, offhand I would look into the
change between using select() and poll() - cannot recall anything else
that might be related to the use of system interfaces).
>
> Regards
>
> Stefan
>
> BTW: What about xterm's color capabilities? The standard
> terminfo of 5.2 has no colors for xterm.
That's discussed in the INSTALL file...
> Jürgen Pfeifer wrote:
> >
> > > Find enclosed a test case for the memory leak (C++) which
> > > will build on Linux/Solaris with g++ 2.95.2. The leak is
> > > visible with both ncurses 4.2 (of SuSE Linux 6.3) and
> > > the recent 5.2.
> > >
> > > I have spent some time on isolating the leak but I gave
> > > up. Do you have any clue?
> > >
> > Found the bug and will provide a patch to Thomas. Should
> > be in the build for next weekend.
> >
> > Cheers
> > Jürgen
> >
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>
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