This is a repository of Valgrind suppression files intended to be used to detect memory leaks in GNOME software using Valgrind.

Getting started

You will need Valgrind, GNU Make, and sed.

1. Open a terminal and cd into GNOME.supp.

2. make

GNU Make will generate suppression (SUPP) files in the project root. To use them with Valgrind, pass a --suppressions=<filename> option for each suppression file that you would like to use. For example, to use the suppressions in glib.supp, you would pass --suppressions=/path/to/GNOME.supp/glib.supp to Valgrind.

A all.supp file is created including all suppressions.

You can also add suppression lines to a ~/.valgrindrc file to automatically use them every time.

See the Valgrind page on GNOME Live! for tips on using Valgrind to detect memory leaks in GNOME software.