Re: [OfflineIMAP] #20: Memory leak on Mac OS X ?

["Boris Gordon" <boris.gordon@xxxxxxxxx>]

>
> >* > [Well, this answers my yet-unasked question, the solution is to still *
> >* > install the python 2.5 in Fink to get the patch.]*
> >* *
> >* OK.  I'll keep the bug open, and I've noted this in it.*
>
> In the meantime I did finally build a temporary patch that fixes the
> crash on Darwin, at least in my case. I am attaching the patch file to
> this e-mail. It feels a little bit dirty, esp. the arbitrary choice of
> the chunk size, and it is not really efficient I guess, so I still
> wouldn't include it into mainline Fink (except as a system-specific hack
> with a Python version test maybe).
>
> Anyway, I am attaching it to the Fink package, so it will be
> non-crashing there at least; I will then pull the patch whenever Python
> itself is fixed.
>
> Thanks for the patch, though I haven't had much luck getting it to work.
Can you confirm which version of python you are running and from where you
installed it?
Also has anyone else managed to work around this bug ? It's the only thing
between me and email bliss.

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Boris Gordon