Red Hat Bugzilla – Bug 460554
gnome-terminal memory leak
Last modified: 2010-10-23 00:08:42 EDT
+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #460553 +++ Description of problem: When opening several terminals (or several tabs) memory is not released once terminal is closed by parent gnome-terminal process Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): 2.4.x-2.7.x How reproducible: 100% Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open 2 terminals or more 2. Open 2 terminals on second terminal open several tabs 3. Actual results: Memory consumed and not released Expected results: no leak Additional info: Patches from this bug made it into later version of gnome http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=160993 Thanks
I need to see a specific leak report before doing anything. A verbal "memory is not released" is worth nothing as far as fixing the code is concerned. Show me a valgrind leak report. Ain't gonna fix something not broken. Definitely not for RHEL.
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