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commit f338fcad654f73954a52a99b910f8966dd85302c
Author: Tony Cook <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Jan 28 15:26:17 2019 +1100
docs for -leak-check
commit 2d7a72cf9292e39edcd8557f9e173fbc52161c56
Author: Tony Cook <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Jan 28 15:15:02 2019 +1100
-leak-check for files now checks leaks of non-t temp files
This works by setting $ENV{TMPDIR} to a temporary directory, so
there should be no interference from other processes.
If some test avoids File::Temp and ignores TMPDIR, eg. using /tmp
directly, this test may not pick up leaked files.
commit 40f56bf18631b1d1ac2f1987e428ab47f8cf6482
Author: Tony Cook <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Jan 28 14:12:42 2019 +1100
detect temp files created but not cleaned up within t/
commit cb6a72d2a6cfe04c530a28b47f114ae785d0b3bb
Author: Tony Cook <[email protected]>
Date: Mon Jan 28 10:49:56 2019 +1100
check for ipc leaks with -leak-check to harness
Captures the list of IPC objects before and after running and test and
reports any extra objects created.
If you have other processes allocating IPC objects such as web
servers, database servers, etc, this may erroneously report those as
leaked, so some care is required in interpreting the results.
ipcs results are currently only parsed on Linux and darwin.
Another leak to test for is temp files being left behind.
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