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  • Committer: Bazaar Package Importer
  • Author(s): Gustavo Noronha Silva
  • Date: 2009-02-15 13:00:43 UTC
  • mfrom: (1.3.1 upstream) (69.1.10 intrepid)
  • Revision ID: james.westby@ubuntu.com-20090215130043-q47fbt3owmt42m2f
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* Release to unstable
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- bump SHVER, since we are already forcing a 2.18.0 dependecy on the
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* debian/control.in:
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    a few memory management problems but also introduces new sources of bugs.
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    In large applications, finding the exact spot where the reference count
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    of an Object is not properly handled can be very difficult. Hopefully, 
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    there exist a tool named <a class="ulink" href="http://refdbg.sf.net/" target="_top">refdbg/</a>
 
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    there exist a tool named <a class="ulink" href="http://refdbg.sf.net/" target="_top">refdbg</a>
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    which can be used to automate the task of tracking down the location
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    of invalid code with regard to reference counting. This application 
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    intercepts the reference counting calls and tries to detect invalid behavior. 
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    interested in and it can be used together with GDB.
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    Note that if GObject has been compiled with <code class="option">--enable-debug=yes</code>,
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static volatile GObject *g_trap_object_ref;
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