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Date: Thu, 08 Apr 1999 13:54:49 -0700
From: Nate Eldredge <nate AT cartsys DOT com>
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Subject: ANNOUNCE: YAMD 0.23 uploaded
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I have just uploaded version 0.23 of YAMD, Yet Another Malloc Debugger.

Several bugs are fixed, including the constructor bug.  Also, the
run-yamd shell script now works with DJGPP.  Anyone who had problems
with earlier versions should try this one.

The original announcement follows, for those who missed it:

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This is to announce the upload of version 0.2 of YAMD (Yet Another
Malloc Debugger).  It can be fetched from:

http://www.cartsys.com/eldredge/n/yamd/

YAMD is a package for finding bugs related to dynamic memory allocation
(pointer overruns, memory leaks, etc).  Among its special features:

* Paging mechanisms are used to trap illegal memory accesses.  This
means that reads as well as writes can be caught, and are caught
immediately, rather than at some later time.

* All operations are logged with a traceback to aid in finding why some
allocation or other went awry.

* No changes to your source are required to use YAMD.

* Everything else you'd expect from a malloc debugger; checking of
"obvious" errors like multiple freeing, etc.

YAMD also works under Linux, and in fact supports some additional
features there.

Some restrictions do apply:

- Several DPMI 1.0 features are essential to the way YAMD works;
therefore, **it will only work under plain DOS with CWSDPMI as the DPMI
server**.

- A fairly large amount of swap space is recommended.

Copying policy is GPL.

Please check it out, and report any successes/failures/bugs to me:
<nate AT cartsys DOT com>.
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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com


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Nate Eldredge
nate AT cartsys DOT com