* Re: [gentoo-user] =dev-lang/spidermonkey-60.5.2_p0-r4 fails @world update
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@ 2020-06-19 16:57 99% ` Jack
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From: Jack @ 2020-06-19 16:57 UTC (permalink / raw
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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.
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