Additional question: The POD to this configuration step class states: "--gc" can take the values:
"gc" The default. Use the memory allocator in src/recources.c. "libc" Use the C library "malloc" along with src/gc/res_lea.c. This doesn't work. See [perl #42774]. "malloc" Use the malloc in src/malloc.c along with src/gc/res_lea.c. Since this uses res_lea.c, it doesn't work either. See [perl #42774]. "malloc-trace" Use the malloc in src/malloc-trace.c with tracing enabled, along with src/gc/res_lea.c. Since this uses res_lea.c, it doesn't work either. See [perl #42774]. Okay, so if only 1 of the 4 possible values for the --gc option works, why shouldn't we (or, I, as the cage cleaner in this area) just rip out the code for the 3 non-working values? kid51