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From: urpion@gmx.com
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] =dev-lang/spidermonkey-60.5.2_p0-r4 fails @world update
Date: Sat, 20 Jun 2020 09:07:45 +1000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200619230745.GC3316@imap.gmx.com:993> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <YHQ4SNY7.OTL6QPI4.22YZH2X7@OMPCK2O5.FMIKRSMI.KES53HMR>

On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 12:57:27PM -0400, Jack wrote:
> On 2020.06.19 12:10, urpion@gmx.com wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 04:52:30PM +0100, Michael wrote:
> > > On Friday, 19 June 2020 16:35:27 BST urpion@gmx.com wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Jun 19, 2020 at 09:45:59AM -0500, Dale wrote:
> > > > > Jack wrote:
> > > > > > Not far enough back.  You need to show the actual error, not
> > the line
> > > > > > "Error1:" which gets printed after the error.
> > > > >
> > > > > And depending on the number of cores/threads and other emerge
> > settings,
> > > > > it can be a dozen, two dozen lines or sometimes even further
> > back than
> > > > > that.  With CPUs having a dozen or so cores/threads, it's
> > amazing that
> > > > > some stuff compiles at all.  Prime example, recent thread about
> > Pam
> > > > > updates.
> > > > >
> > > > > OP, if needed, tar the whole error log and attach it.  Just
> > don't post
> > > > > it elsewhere and link to it tho.  After a while, it's gone or a
> > person
> > > > > finds the log but not this thread with the solution.
> > > > >
> > > > > Dale
> > > > >
> > > > > :-)  :-)
> > > >
> > > > Ah ha. Yes Thank you. Sorry, I've never been good with e-mail:-P
> > >
> > >
> > > NP, did you get an OOM error in dmesg when this happened by any
> > chance?  You
> > > don't seem to have much RAM, you have no swap and the number of
> > jobs is
> > > relatively high for memory hungry compiles.
> > >
> > > It could be a bug, but unless a report has been filed already in
> > BGO to this
> > > effect, I suggest you add a swapfile, enable it, and try again with
> > > MAKEOPTS="-j1" or "-j2".  Please ask if you need more detail.
> >
> >
> > I was thinking about -j1. I tried -j4. I thought I didn't need swap
> > with >=4GB
> > of RAM, but it makes sense. My machine kinda crawls trying to build
> > that
> > package. Oh man, I'll have to re-partition:-(
> Although it borders on a religious argument, many/most agree you always
> need at least a small amount of swap.
> https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Knowledge_Base:Is_swap_space_really_necessary
>
> You can also set up a swap file instead of a swap partition.  You'll
> have to search for instructions, I didn't find it quick enough to
> include a link.
>

I haven't thought about these things in a long time. I've never had more than 4GB
of RAM.


  reply	other threads:[~2020-06-19 23:13 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20200619161054.GA3389@imap.gmx.com>
2020-06-19 16:57 ` [gentoo-user] =dev-lang/spidermonkey-60.5.2_p0-r4 fails @world update Jack
2020-06-19 23:07   ` urpion [this message]
2020-06-20  7:57   ` Peter Humphrey
2020-06-22  1:48     ` Sean O'Myers
2020-06-22  2:09       ` Dale
     [not found] <5eec6774.1c69fb81.7c1cf.736eSMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2020-06-19  7:37 ` Dale
2020-06-19 10:15   ` urpion
2020-06-19 12:48     ` Jack
2020-06-19 14:45       ` Dale
2020-06-19 15:35         ` urpion
2020-06-19 15:52   ` Michael
2020-06-19 16:10     ` urpion
2020-06-19 16:55     ` Peter Humphrey
2020-06-19 17:08     ` Michael
2020-06-19 22:56       ` urpion
     [not found]     ` <5eece98e.1c69fb81.660a3.a90bSMTPIN_ADDED_BROKEN@mx.google.com>
2020-06-19 17:19       ` Dale
2020-06-19 23:04         ` urpion
2020-06-19  7:20 urpion

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