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authorGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-02-14 18:26:08 +0000
committerGurusamy Sarathy <gsar@cpan.org>2000-02-14 18:26:08 +0000
commitd33b2eba4a0e814b78ec910034b3f6943f4805ac (patch)
treecd90641922735c1bc7a1027bea2c5cbe7f46eede /Porting
parentf5a32c7f87cd929827e4ff3bd7c4afabda8d29d9 (diff)
downloadperl-d33b2eba4a0e814b78ec910034b3f6943f4805ac.tar.gz
fix small interpreter leaks identified by Purify
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@5084
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diff --git a/Porting/pumpkin.pod b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
index 55c1eb84b4..99776b50d2 100644
--- a/Porting/pumpkin.pod
+++ b/Porting/pumpkin.pod
@@ -701,7 +701,7 @@ supports dynamic loading, you can also test static loading with
You can also hand-tweak your config.h to try out different #ifdef
branches.
-=head1 Purify runs
+=head1 Running Purify
Purify is a commercial tool that is helpful in identifying memory
overruns, wild pointers, memory leaks and other such badness. Perl
@@ -715,6 +715,7 @@ Use the following commands to test perl with Purify:
make all pureperl
cd t
ln -s ../pureperl perl
+ setenv PERL_DESTRUCT_LEVEL 5
./perl TEST
Disabling Perl's malloc allows Purify to monitor allocations and leaks