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-gc: Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector
+# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE:
+# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. Line
+# up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and the '|'
+# on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. You must
+# make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also
+# customary to leave one space after the ':'.
+
+ |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------|
+gc: gc (Boehm-Demers-Weiser garbage collector)
gc:
-gc: The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used as a
-gc: garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new. It allows you to
-gc: allocate memory basically as you normally would, without explicitly
-gc: deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The collector automatically
-gc: recycles memory when it determines that it can no longer be otherwise
-gc: accessed.
+gc: The Boehm-Demers-Weiser conservative garbage collector can be used
+gc: as a garbage collecting replacement for C malloc or C++ new. It
+gc: allows you to allocate memory basically as you normally would,
+gc: without explicitly deallocating memory that is no longer useful. The
+gc: collector automatically recycles memory when it determines that it
+gc: can no longer be otherwise accessed.
gc:
gc: Homepage: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Hans_Boehm/gc/
gc: