[Freeciv-Dev] Re: out of disk space? (PR#615)

[Paul Dean <Paul@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thue <thue@xxxxxxx> writes:

> > > Umm, the gtk client uses gdk, so we are talking about the same thing.
> > > We know from earlier that the leak occurs when a unit blinks. By
> > tracing
> > > the calls that function makes it seems likely to happen somewhere in
> > > client/gui-gtk/mapview.c:update_map_canvas() . And from there it seems
> > > likely to happen in gdk_draw_pixmap(). So start by checking if that is
> > > correct by modyfying the code there to call that function 10000 times
> > in a
> > > row. If the leak is there you will then know :)
> > 
> > I just did, and I didn't know.  :)
> 
> Well, look at the memory usage. If the leak is in a specific function
> calling it 10000 times will use all your memory.

Memory was fine.  I was watching it.  It took a while to draw the
pixmap 1000 times, but memory stayed the same.

> You should of course use the windows version when you test this...

I'm using the same system on which is a memory leak...

> > > Assuming that really is the problem, get the gdk source code for
> > windows
> > > and start looking at it :).
> > 
> > I must be missing something... why would the source code for windows
> > matter when the bug is in the linux library?
> 
> Well, obviously (?) the memory leak bug was introduced when porting
> the gdk lib from linux to windows. And I guess it is a windows lib
> now that it is ported.

sorry, I still don't understand.  The gdk libraries on my linux system
have a bug.  Right?  They were at some stage compiled from source.
You're saying that I need the windows source rather than the linux
source?

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Paul
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