[zeromq-dev] ZMQ_MAKE_VALGRIND_HAPPY

[Pieter Hintjens]

On Fri, Apr 22, 2011 at 8:38 AM, Martin Sustrik <sustrik at 250bpm.com> wrote:

> Aha. I thought it's possible to install the suppression file along the
> library so that valgrind can automatically take it into account, but that
> doesn't seem to be the case. Sorry for confusion.

It does seem to be possible: "When valgrind runs its default tool,
Memcheck, it automatically tries to read a file called
$PREFIX/lib/valgrind/default.supp ($PREFIX will normally be /usr)"

>From http://wiki.wxwidgets.org/Valgrind_Suppression_File_Howto.

Not sure if we want to install our file as the default for Valgrind, however.

-Pieter