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Introduction

Valgrind is a tool which, among other things, helps detect memory leaks in code bases. Your task is to run the code bases of either one of BRL-CAD, LibreCAD, or OpenSCAD through Valgrind, and detect and fix one memory leak.

This task requires that you build from source the application you will be auditing. If you don't already know how to do that, check out one of the related tasks first:

• Compile BRL-CAD
• Compile LibreCAD

If you need any help, be sure to join our IRC channel (#brlcad on irc.freenode.net).

Getting Started

• Getting Started with Valgrind
• Docs on compiling BRL-CAD
• Docs on compiling LibreCAD
• Docs on compiling OpenSCAD
• BRL-CAD Virtual Machine

Notes

• When compiling the application, make sure to enable debugging, in order for the Valgrind output to be usable. This is enabled by default for BRL-CAD.