Warn or fail early on dynamic builds with toolchain compiler and tcmalloc

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    • Type: Improvement
    • Resolution: Fixed
    • Priority: Major - P3
    • 4.3.1, 4.0.20, 4.2.9, 3.6.20
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    • Component/s: Build
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    • v4.2, v4.0, v3.6
    • Dev Tools 2019-07-29, Dev Tools 2019-08-12, Dev Tools 2019-09-23, Dev Tools 2019-10-07, Dev Platform 2019-11-04
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      It's tempting for MongoDB developers to use --link-model=dynamic to skip the slow link step when building the server. However, it's natural to also use tcmalloc (the default), the mongodbtoolchain compiler, and --dbg=on. This leads the server to crash with "memory allocation/deallocation mismatch", which is difficult to diagnose (SERVER-27675).

      To save developers from a frustrating investigation, SCons should fail if it detects this combination of flags. Perhaps the rule is enforced within files like mongodbtoolchain_v3_gcc.vars and its family.

            Assignee:
            Andrew Morrow (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            A. Jesse Jiryu Davis
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