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@@ -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