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bug#27498: 25.2; Memory leak in M-x shell
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Francesco Potortì |
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bug#27498: 25.2; Memory leak in M-x shell |
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Mon, 26 Jun 2017 20:22:39 +0200 |
>Emacs leaks memory as lines are printed in a shell buffer. Here is a
>recipe:
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> emacs -Q
> M-x shell
> yes "This should not leak, but it does."
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>Observe the memory usage grow in a tool like “top”. Once you decide
>that Emacs has eaten enough memory, kill the shell buffer. Note that
>memory is not released.
This may be a duplicate of #26952