mapserver fastcgi memory leak

[Ehud Shabtai]

On 9/13/06, Ehud Shabtai <eshabtai at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 9/12/06, Steve Lime <Steve.Lime at dnr.state.mn.us> wrote:
> > Ehud: Have you tried another version of Freetype or are you using the
> > latest/greatest?
>
> I'm using freetype-2.1.10.
> The latest is 2.2.1. It seems that my system is not yet ready for an
> upgrade to 2.2.x (2.2.x hides some undocumented interfaces and some of
> my packages are not compatible with it).
>
> The fact that the leak comes from freetype doesn't necessarily point
> to a problem in freetype, it might be a problem in GD, or Mapserver.

Well, it is a freetype leak, at least most of it.
I've been using the arialbd.ttf font and that seems to be the cause.
Using a pfa font instead of the ttf font does not cause any leaks!

As I'm using an old freetype version, I can't verify if the leak
exists in the latest version. Can anyone else verify this?

I did find two small leaks in mapserver. The attached patch fixes them.

Thanks,

-- 
Ehud Shabtai
http://www.freemap.co.il/map/
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