Valgrind errors when linked with -static — Why?

Question

I have a test driver linked to a library I wrote. The library uses autotools so it produces both an archive (.a file) and a dynamic library (.so).

When I link my dri

Answer 1

If the library causes problems in valgrind, you can only ignore those problems by writing suppression files.

One of problems I encountered is alocating something on the heap, like this :

// library
int * some = new int;

// main links the library
int main()
{
}

This example would report an error about leak.

EDIT : if you have the library's source, you can fix the error (use of uninitialized variable), and recompile it.