Bug#329743: marked as done (uses too much memory)

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Package: cdebconf
Severity: normal

In d-i in a lowmem mode install (no translations), cdebconf uses 5 mb of ram. With partman running the next largest memory usage, by parted_server is only 1 mb (numbers for mipsel arch). This is largely because it keeps all the question and template info in memory, which is very wasteful.

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We need a db backend that either stores template/question data in a form that can be memapped, or in a way that makes it easy to load in stuff on a per-question (or per-package) basis.

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Source: cdebconf Source-Version: 0.117 We believe that the bug you reported is fixed in the latest version of cdebconf, which is due to be installed in the Debian FTP archive: cdebconf-gtk-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb to pool/main/c/cdebconf/cdebconf-gtk-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb cdebconf-newt-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb to pool/main/c/cdebconf/cdebconf-newt-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb cdebconf-priority_0.117_all.udeb to pool/main/c/cdebconf/cdebconf-priority_0.117_all.udeb cdebconf-text-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb to pool/main/c/cdebconf/cdebconf-text-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb cdebconf-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb to pool/main/c/cdebconf/cdebconf-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb cdebconf_0.117.dsc to pool/main/c/cdebconf/cdebconf_0.117.dsc cdebconf_0.117.tar.gz to pool/main/c/cdebconf/cdebconf_0.117.tar.gz cdebconf_0.117_powerpc.deb to pool/main/c/cdebconf/cdebconf_0.117_powerpc.deb libdebconfclient0-dev_0.117_powerpc.deb to pool/main/c/cdebconf/libdebconfclient0-dev_0.117_powerpc.deb libdebconfclient0-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb to pool/main/c/cdebconf/libdebconfclient0-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb libdebconfclient0_0.117_powerpc.deb to pool/main/c/cdebconf/libdebconfclient0_0.117_powerpc.deb A summary of the changes between this version and the previous one is attached. Thank you for reporting the bug, which will now be closed. If you have further comments please address them to 329743@bugs.debian.org, and the maintainer will reopen the bug report if appropriate. Debian distribution maintenance software pp. Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> (supplier of updated cdebconf package) (This message was generated automatically at their request; if you believe that there is a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing ftpmaster@debian.org) -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Format: 1.7 Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2007 20:44:38 +0100 Source: cdebconf Binary: cdebconf-slang-udeb libdebconfclient0 cdebconf-priority cdebconf libdebconfclient0-dev cdebconf-udeb libdebconfclient0-udeb cdebconf-gtk-udeb cdebconf-text-udeb cdebconf-newt-udeb Architecture: source powerpc all Version: 0.117 Distribution: unstable Urgency: low Maintainer: Debian Install System Team <debian-boot@lists.debian.org> Changed-By: Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org> Description: cdebconf - Debian Configuration Management System (C-implementation) cdebconf-gtk-udeb - Gtk+ frontend for Debian Configuration Management System (udeb) cdebconf-newt-udeb - Newt frontend for Debian Configuration Management System (udeb) cdebconf-priority - Change debconf priority (udeb) cdebconf-text-udeb - Plain text frontend for Debian Configuration Management System (udeb) cdebconf-udeb - Debian Configuration Management System (C-implementation) (udeb) libdebconfclient0 - Debian Configuration Management System (C-implementation) libdebconfclient0-dev - Development files for cdebconf libdebconfclient0-udeb - Debian Configuration Management System (C-implementation) (udeb) Closes: 329743 426745 427657 430108 Changes: cdebconf (0.117) unstable; urgency=low . [ Attilio Fiandrotti ]
* gtk.c: remove some compatibility conditions that are no longer needed.
Closes: #427657.
* Removed workaround for #404482, fixed upstream in gtk+ release 2.10.13.
. [ Otavio Salvador ]
* Reduce the usage of casting to struct frontend_data on GTK frontend
code. Closes: #426745. . [ Colin Watson ]
* Remove five function pointers in every struct template that always
pointed to the same functions (or were entirely unused, in the cases of get and set); export those functions from template.c instead.
* Fix off-by-one error reading from confmodule (thanks, Baruch Even;
closes: #430108).
* Document proposed PROGRESS REGION command.
* Fix a bunch of reference-counting bugs and other memory leaks.
* If DEBCONF_DROP_TRANSLATIONS is set to 1, then don't read translations
we aren't going to use, and reload the templates database if the language is changed since we might not have the correct translations in memory any more. This saves around 20MB of memory at d-i run-time (closes: #329743). Note that this means that after the templates database is first saved (in practice, after anna has run), it will no longer be possible to change the language and get translated messages. Files: 1feba30de31a9d1bfdd954adc20d9a37 1178 utils optional cdebconf_0.117.dsc aab8da6067d12af9f5154c00e84f0e52 239271 utils optional cdebconf_0.117.tar.gz a264f24aefb2b0056d86a13554fd6412 2688 debian-installer standard cdebconf-priority_0.117_all.udeb 56a1906f39deb5c45ff018d94d7a3504 174080 utils extra cdebconf_0.117_powerpc.deb cb99a4f2d3a8e67f50b644d7a25216e5 35878 libs optional libdebconfclient0_0.117_powerpc.deb e206338b2622accf27670f96a55ced53 34666 libdevel optional libdebconfclient0-dev_0.117_powerpc.deb 2ee9bfddedffc01c5eb5a1b08612445e 84038 debian-installer standard cdebconf-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb 9205521d050ec76f9362d51c1ec2a620 5492 debian-installer optional libdebconfclient0-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb fa8db2581a4d2fb7d0094eacb6bfbb6e 19072 debian-installer optional cdebconf-newt-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb 1764a73f9e652a9d7fe60d33914d629b 20746 debian-installer optional cdebconf-text-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb bac9334c888c3880ba3c7eb3e7d604fa 24958 debian-installer optional cdebconf-gtk-udeb_0.117_powerpc.udeb Package-Type: udeb -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGgtAc9t0zAhD6TNERAtFlAJ0dEqBjHdWX/nm69PGR75cCBosmsACfXXAu YVrwFhJT0vNNZConaNLCGqI= =KMzS -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-boot-REQUEST@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org