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-# memleax
-
-The memleax package
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+memleax no longer maintained and it does not work with multi thread softwares
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-Name:           memleax
-Version:        1.1.1
-Release:        1%{?dist}
-Summary:        Debugs memory leak of a running process
-
-License:        GPLv2
-URL:            http://wubingzheng.github.io/memleax/
-Source0:        https://github.com/WuBingzheng/memleax/archive/v%{version}/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
-Source1:        https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WuBingzheng/memleax/master/CMakeLists.txt
-%if 0%{?el7}
-BuildRequires: cmake3
-%else
-BuildRequires: cmake
-%endif
-BuildRequires: gcc-c++
-BuildRequires: libdwarf-devel
-BuildRequires: elfutils-libelf-devel
-BuildRequires: libunwind-devel
-
-ExclusiveArch: %{ix86} x86_64 aarch64 armv7hl
-%description
-Memleax debugs memory leak of a running process by attaching it.
-It is very convenient to use, and suitable for production environment.
-There is no need to recompile the program or restart the target process.
-
-
-%prep
-%setup -q
-cp %{SOURCE1} .
-
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-%endif
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-%files
-%license LICENSE
-%doc README.md
-%{_bindir}/memleax
-%{_mandir}/man1/memleax.1*
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-
-%changelog
-* Sun Apr 04 2021 Germano Massullo <germano.massullo@gmail.com> - 1.1.1-1
-- first Fedora release
-
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-SHA512 (memleax-1.1.1.tar.gz) = 149c4ff7dc582c3aaa57870e8e6530f2cb72edb85d9a9a41aea90d902b3d809be38a389e8606d88eb205360629ae065a97999ef877113fb1290af4338c8914db
-SHA512 (CMakeLists.txt) = eb6c69356b30be1793a73e8642abd1001ab8a63bba0d2d78a6d296d4a4c44a6f48e4686977df289e929ce0a066da24d2d6f7a35a36e0a31b9db9db56180b36ee