#143 HUGE memory usage with latest XSL releases

[Scott Smedley]

Hi,

I am getting HUGE amounts of memory usage when using xsltproc with the latest releases of docbook-xsl.

The input XML file is ~563Kb in size.

Versions 1.72.0 & 1.70.1 of docbook-xsl cause xsltproc to consume MORE THAN 1.5 GIGABYTES of memory when outputting in manpage format.

Compare this with version 1.68.1-1 of docbook-xsl (installed from an .rpm for my Fedora 4 system) which consumes ONLY 57 MEGABYTES of memory.

I'm happy to assist debugging this issue, but I'll need some guidance - email me if I can be of use.

The input file I used is here:
http://www.aao.gov.au/local/www/ss/tmp/fvwm.1.xml

SCoTT. :)

[Scott Smedley]

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Sorry, I just realised I filed this bugreport in "Patches", not "Bugs" - I just resubmited this bug in the correct place.

[Michael(tm) Smith]

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Closed as dupe. See bug tracker.