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Merge pull request #9512 from hercules-ci/release-notes-bdwgc-traceable-allocator-patch 

prerequisites-source: Add bdwgc-traceable-allocator-patch
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your distribution does not provide it, please install it from
<http://www.sqlite.org/>.
- The [Boehm garbage collector](http://www.hboehm.info/gc/) to reduce
the evaluator’s memory consumption (optional). To enable it, install
- The [Boehm garbage collector (`bdw-gc`)](http://www.hboehm.info/gc/) to reduce
the evaluator’s memory consumption (optional).
To enable it, install
`pkgconfig` and the Boehm garbage collector, and pass the flag
`--enable-gc` to `configure`.
For `bdw-gc` <= 8.2.4 Nix needs a [small patch](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/blob/ac4d2e7b857acdfeac35ac8a592bdecee2d29838/boehmgc-traceable_allocator-public.diff) to be applied.
- The `boost` library of version 1.66.0 or higher. It can be obtained
from the official web site <https://www.boost.org/>.