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diff --git a/dev-util/valgrind/metadata.xml b/dev-util/valgrind/metadata.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e20d0c3fba5f --- /dev/null +++ b/dev-util/valgrind/metadata.xml @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd"> +<pkgmetadata> + <maintainer> + <email>blueness@gentoo.org</email> + <name>Anthony G. Basile</name> + </maintainer> + <longdescription> + Valgrind is a GPL'd tool to help you find memory-management problems + in your programs. When a program is run under Valgrind's supervision, + all reads and writes of memory are checked, and calls to + malloc/new/free/delete are intercepted. As a result, Valgrind can + detect problems such as + + - Use of uninitialised memory + - Reading/writing memory after it has been free'd + - Reading/writing off the end of malloc'd blocks + - Reading/writing inappropriate areas on the stack + - Memory leaks -- where pointers to malloc'd blocks are lost forever + - Passing of uninitialised and/or unaddressible memory to system calls + - Mismatched use of malloc/new/new [] vs free/delete/delete [] + - Some abuses of the POSIX Pthreads API + </longdescription> +</pkgmetadata> |