Control: tags -1 confirmed On Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:31:17 -0400 =?utf-8?b?R3VvIFlpeHVhbiAo6YOt5rqi6K2eKQ==?= <culu.gyx@gmail.com> wrote: > Package: cdebconf-udeb > Source: cdebconf > Severity: normal > Tags: d-i > > Hello, > > I'm trying to use jessie RC-3 to install on a powerpc (Power Mac G5). > When resizing a HFS partition (from 240G to 120G, which takes very long > time), the installation process was killed by kernel oom. From syslog, > it appears that debconf (/usr/lib/cdebconf/debconf) is eating up all > the memory on the machine (2.5G). > > Details: CD-image: debian-jessie-DI-rc3-powerpc-CD-1.iso. Booted with > "expert". I also used network-console for installation. The killed > process has cmdline: "debconf -o d-i /bin/network-console-menu". > The leaking rate is about 8 Mbytes/minute. > > syslog is attached > > Regards, > Yixuan Hi, Thanks for the report. A quick scan with cppcheck highlighted several cases of memory leaks. Please see attached diff for a quick (untested) attempt of plugging these. Thanks, ~Niels
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