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valgrind option is leak-check not leakcheck
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This is especially useful on embedded ports which usually lack the stdout console used currently for debug output as described above.<br> | This is especially useful on embedded ports which usually lack the stdout console used currently for debug output as described above.<br> | ||
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The key combination to activate the debug console is CTRL-d <br> | The key combination to activate the debug console is CTRL-Alt-d <br> | ||
(though this | (though users can change this by altering it's entry in the ScummVM Options Keymapper tab).<br> | ||
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The default console provides the following default commands :<br> | The default console provides the following default commands :<br> | ||
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This can be invoked similar to gdb as <tt>valgrind ./scummvm</tt>. On Mac OS X, you will also want to pass the <tt>--dsymutil=yes</tt> argument so that you will get debug symbol information. | This can be invoked similar to gdb as <tt>valgrind ./scummvm</tt>. On Mac OS X, you will also want to pass the <tt>--dsymutil=yes</tt> argument so that you will get debug symbol information. | ||
By default, this will output memory access issues. If you want to do leak checking, you should invoke as <tt>valgrind -- | By default, this will output memory access issues. If you want to do leak checking, you should invoke as <tt>valgrind --leak-check=full ./scummvm</tt>. | ||
For further details, you should consult the relevant documentation of these tools on their web sites or manual pages. | For further details, you should consult the relevant documentation of these tools on their web sites or manual pages. | ||
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command line option. | command line option. | ||
* Apart from using git [https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/docs/git-bisect.html bisect] to locate regressions, the (experimental) [[Event_Recorder|Event Recorder]] provides a framework for recording and replaying gameplay to detect regressions which may be useful. | |||