sarge patch release pullup request - gconv_end

[Brad Thompson <yak@MIT.EDU>]

I hope I am using the right channel for this request; my apologies if
there is a better one.

I would like to suggest that the next sarge patch release contain the
patch suggested in debian bug #274390.  The bug is a memory leak in
glibc; every iconv_open/iconv_close pair leaks 12 bytes when used with
some character set pairs (such as UTF-8 to UTF-16BE).

In my particular case, I am using software that uses iconv in a
PostgreSQL instance which calls this hundreds of millions of times, so
this is a serious problem for at least some people.

I am aware that patches that are not security related are not usually
included in patch releases, but I believe this may be an exception
because it is a memory leak in a core part of the system and the patch
is simple enough that it is unlikely to cause any unexpected
complications.

Thank you for your consideration,

Brad