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authorEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2010-10-29T14·44+0000
committerEelco Dolstra <e.dolstra@tudelft.nl>2010-10-29T14·44+0000
commit26def5392f6f6364aa0939a2d4fc7705e786d38d (patch)
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* Document Boehm GC support.
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@@ -105,6 +105,13 @@ this packages.  Alternatively, if you already have it installed, you
 can use <command>configure</command>'s <option>--with-bzip2</option>
 options to point to their respective locations.</para>
 
+<para>Nix can optionally use the <link
+xlink:href="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/">Boehm
+garbage collector</link> to reduce the evaluator’s memory consumption.
+To enable it, install <literal>pkgconfig</literal> and the Boehm
+garbage collector, and pass the flag <option>--enable-gc</option> to
+<command>configure</command>.</para>
+
 </section>