Re: Why our Valgrind reports suck
David E. Wheeler <david@justatheory.com>
From: "David E. Wheeler" <david@justatheory.com>
To: Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de>
Cc: Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>, Alexander Lakhin <exclusion@gmail.com>,
Richard Guo <guofenglinux@gmail.com>, Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>,
pgsql-hackers@lists.postgresql.org
Date: 2026-06-12T15:00:50Z
Lists: pgsql-hackers
On Jun 12, 2026, at 12:01, Álvaro Herrera <alvherre@kurilemu.de> wrote: > Is this what you mean? > https://hackersdictionary.com/html/entry/brown-paper-bag-bug.html Yes, thank you! Apt reference. D
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