Memory not being released?

[Steve M S Tregidgo]

We have glibc 2.0.7 -- does anybody know if the problem with v2.1.1
mentioned below exists with v2.0.7?

mickut.at.iki.dot.fi at python.org wrote:
> 
> I had similar problem just a while ago, and Cyclops helped a lot.
> But it didn't solve the whole problem, as it was not python's
> fault, but a Linux library glibc was functioning improperly. If you
> are running RedHat 6.0 and/or have glibc version 2.1.1, you should
> upgrade asap. Upgrading to 2.1.2 the bloating dissappeared and
> everything has worked nicely ever since.
> 
> Antti Kuntsi
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Cheers,
Steve