GC-8.2.2
Introduction to GC
The GC package contains the Boehm-Demers-Weiser
conservative garbage collector, which can be used as a garbage collecting
replacement for the C malloc function or C++ new operator. It allows you
to allocate memory basically as you normally would, without explicitly
deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector automatically
recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer be otherwise
accessed. The collector is also used by a number of programming language
implementations that either use C as intermediate code, want to facilitate
easier interoperation with C libraries, or just prefer the simple
collector interface. Alternatively, the garbage collector may be used as a
leak detector for C or C++ programs, though that is not its primary goal.
This package is known to build and work properly
using an LFS 11.3 platform.
Package Information
Optional
libatomic_ops-7.6.14
User Notes: https://wiki.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/wiki/gc
Installation of GC
Install GC by running the following commands:
./configure --prefix=/usr \
--enable-cplusplus \
--disable-static \
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/gc-8.2.2 &&
make
To test the results, issue: make check.
Now, as the root user:
make install &&
install -v -m644 doc/gc.man /usr/share/man/man3/gc_malloc.3
Command Explanations
--docdir=/usr/share/doc/gc-8.2.2:
This option is used so the package will install the
documentation in a versioned directory.
--enable-cplusplus: This parameter enables the
building and installing of the C++ library along with the standard
C library.
--disable-static: This switch prevents
installation of static versions of the libraries.
Contents
Installed Programs:
None
Installed Libraries:
libcord.so,
libgc.so,
libgccpp.so, and
libgctba.so
Installed Directories:
/usr/include/gc and
/usr/share/doc/gc-8.2.2
Short Descriptions
libcord.so
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contains a tree-based string library
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libgc.so
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contains a C interface to the conservative garbage collector,
primarily designed to replace the C malloc function
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libgccpp.so
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contains a C++ interface to the conservative garbage collector
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libgctba.so
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contains a C++ interface to throw bad allocations
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