Re: Testing for memory leaks in GTK

[Tomeu Vizoso <tomeu sugarlabs org>]

On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 22:59, Erik de Castro Lopo <mle+gtk mega-nerd com> wrote:
> Tomeu Vizoso wrote:
>
>> RefDbg is useful in these cases.
>
> I've had a look at RefDbg. On configure I get:
>
>  ***********************************************************
>  * WARNING: glib >= 2.6 found.  refdbg will not work       *
>  * WARNING: unless you use it with glib compiled with      *
>  * WARNING: '--disable-visibility' or a version <= 2.4.x.  *
>  * WARNING: See README for details.                        *
>  ***********************************************************
>
> Does that mean I have to recompile glib in order to use this tool?
>
> If so, this is not something people who develop *with* GTK are
> going to able to use.

While I agree that would be good to have something with a lower
barrier, I think that building gtk+ and its dependencies in a
dedicated prefix dir is a learning experience that will be of use to
all users of gtk+. Jhbuild may help there.

Regards,

Tomeu

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