pkg/38082: pkg_info -X eats LOTS of memory

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>Number:         38082
>Category:       pkg
>Synopsis:       pkg_info -X eats LOTS of memory
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       critical
>Priority:       high
>Responsible:    pkg-manager
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Fri Feb 22 11:00:00 +0000 2008
>Originator:     Aleksey Cheusov
>Release:        linux
>Organization:
home
>Environment:
linux
>Description:
While running pkg_chk -ab, pkg_info run from inside it
eats TONS of memory.

top line:
 25938 root      17   0 1960m 649m  568 R  7.0 64.2   0:24.61 pkg_info          
           

That is 2 gigabytes!

pkg_install-20080208
pkg_chk-1.89

This version of pkg_chk runs pkg_info -X and pass to it LIST of packages.
This is probably a problem. Memory is not freed.

Binary packages are in .tbz format.

>How-To-Repeat:

>Fix: