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Add the following into thunar/thunar/Makefile.am:
thunar_CFLAGS +=-pg
Build thunar
./autogen.sh && make
Start thunar
thunar/.libs/thunar
Start gprof:
gprof thunar/.libs/thunar > analysis.txt
Reproduce the use-case to test, than quit thunar and check the result.