[Pan-users] Re: Re: Re: 0.92 amd64

[Duncan]

Thomas Stein posted <address@hidden>, excerpted
below,  on Thu, 13 Apr 2006 19:33:48 +0200:

> On Thursday 13 April 2006 18:39, Thomas Fricke wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> > This is the point where the compilation stops:
>> >
>> > ----
>> > then mv -f ".deps/scorefile-test.Tpo" ".deps/scorefile-test.Po"; else
>> > rm -f ".deps/scorefile-test.Tpo"; exit 1; fi
>> > ----
>>
>> I have compiled pan-0.92  without portage. At this point the compile
>> process needs up to 98% of memory (1GB), but then - after some time and
>> swapping (5min) - it compiles to the end. My basic system is stable amd64.
> 
> Interesting. Thanks for the info Thomas. Well ok, there has to be something 
> wrong then at this point. I will try anyway this way. But for now i have to 
> leave this conservation for holidays.

Well, when you get back...  I just tried compiling it with gcc-3.4.6, and
yes, it /does/ use that memory.  I normally have my ulimit -v (virtual
memory limit, total a single process is allowed to use, including swap)
set to a gigabyte (1048576 KB), and that errored out.  It needs more than
that much memory including swap, here, altho I am running CXXFLAGS a bit
different than most.

It was compiling the scorefile stuff when it happened, too.  The only
other thing I know that busts my ulimit is kmail.  I have to bump my
ulimit to compile it, too.  C++ compiling definitely requires more memory,
and both these apps appear to be at the high end of the requirement scale
for C++.

I didn't run into the issue with the same ulimits with gcc-4.1.0 (with
pan 0.9x, kmail still exhibits the issue), so obviously, 3.4.6 is
requiring more memory than 4.1.0 does.

I'll bump the ulimit in tenths of a gig at a time, and see what happens,
posting back when I get some numbers.

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