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jemalloc - General purpose malloc(3) implementation ChangeLog

Web site:	https://jemalloc.net/
Repository:	https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc

HOWTO

# jemalloc 5.3.0
# ==============
# Slackware 14.2: jemalloc 3.6.0
# Slackware 15.0: jemalloc 5.2.1

# GitHub release 5.3.0
# GitHub wiki

# Get the source
cd
test -f installed/jemalloc-5.3.0.tar.bz2 &&
mv -f installed/jemalloc-5.3.0.tar.bz2 .
test ! -f jemalloc-5.3.0.tar.bz2 &&
wget https://github.com/jemalloc/jemalloc/releases/download/5.3.0/\
jemalloc-5.3.0.tar.bz2

# Verify tarball w/ sha256sum:
# (this confirms yours is the same as mine, but did not come from the
#  developers)
echo "2db82d1e7119df3e71b7640219b6dfe84789bc0537983c3b7ac4f7189aecfe\
aa  jemalloc-5.3.0.tar.bz2" | sha256sum -c

# Extract the source
mkdir -p -m 0700 ~/src
cd ~/src
find -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "jemalloc-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
tar xjvf ~/jemalloc-5.3.0.tar.bz2
cd jemalloc-5.3.0
test $UID = 0 && chown -R root:root .

# Apply this patch to fix --docdir
wget -nc https://englanders.us/pub/linux/patches/jemalloc-5.3.0-docdir.patch
test -s jemalloc-5.3.0-docdir.patch &&
patch -p1 < jemalloc-5.3.0-docdir.patch && autoreconf -f -i

# Read README and INSTALL.md, if upgrading, also ChangeLog

# Configure the build for 64-bit
test $(uname -m) = 'x86_64' &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/doc/jemalloc-5.3.0 \
--libdir=/usr/lib64 --mandir=/usr/man

# Configure the build for anything else
test $(uname -m) != 'x86_64' &&
./configure --prefix=/usr --docdir=/usr/doc/jemalloc-5.3.0 --mandir=/usr/man

# Build it
make

# Check the build
make check

# Become root to install it
su

# Remove the Slackware package, if there is one
test -x /sbin/removepkg && /sbin/removepkg jemalloc

# Install it
make install
ldconfig

# Become your non-root user again
exit

# Save the source for later
cd
mkdir -p -m 0700 installed
rm -f installed/jemalloc-*.tar.*
mv jemalloc-5.3.0.tar.bz2 installed/

# If you ever want to uninstall jemalloc, this should do it:
# ('make uninstall' as root from the configured source directory would be
#   enough, if you still have it)
cd
su
test -d src/jemalloc-* && ( cd src/jemalloc-* ; make uninstall )
( cd /usr/bin ; rm -f jemalloc-config jemalloc.sh jeprof )
/usr/doc -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "jemalloc-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
test -d /usr/lib64 &&
( cd /usr/lib64
   rm -f libjemalloc.* libjemalloc_pic.* pkgconfig/jemalloc.pc )
rm -f /usr/include/jemalloc/jemalloc.h \
/usr/lib/libjemalloc.* /usr/lib/libjemalloc_pic.* \
/usr/lib/pkgconfig/jemalloc.pc /usr/man/man3/jemalloc.3
ldconfig
exit
find ~/src -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "jemalloc-*" -exec rm -r {} \;
rm -f ~/installed/jemalloc-*.tar.*