Out of Memory error while building latest SVN

[Paul Fox]

rob wrote:
 > On Friday 03 March 2006 12:43 pm, Jason Schoon wrote:
 > > I think this has been discussed previously on the list, but I'll admit
 > > I don't understand make well enough to understand.
 > >
 > > I updated from SVN this morning, and attempted to build a snapshot.  I
 > > promptly get the following 2 messages and my build stops:
 > 
 > Ok, I need to test this.  Unfortunately, the easiest way I have to 
 > memory-limit something is to use qemu, and when I use the rh-9 image from 

i'm not convinced it's actually a memory issue.  i get "virtual memory
exhausted" even doing "make clean".  my make is 3.80.  i have loads and
loads of free memory.  the base system is RH7.2, but lots of pieces
have been upgraded.  "svn up" reports 14439.

paul

$ make -d clean
GNU Make 3.80
Copyright (C) 2002  Free Software Foundation, Inc.
This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.
There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
Reading makefiles...
Reading makefile `Makefile'...
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/Rules.mak' (search path) (don't care) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/.config' (search path) (don't care) (no ~ expansion)...
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/.config.cmd' (search path) (don't care) (no ~ expansion)...
Got a SIGCHLD; 1 unreaped children.
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/applets/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/archival/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/archival/libunarchive/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/coreutils/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/console-tools/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/debianutils/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/editors/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/findutils/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/init/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/miscutils/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/modutils/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/networking/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/networking/libiproute/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/networking/udhcp/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/procps/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/loginutils/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/shell/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/sysklogd/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/util-linux/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/e2fsprogs/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/libpwdgrp/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/coreutils/libcoreutils/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
Reading makefile `/usr2/foxharp/src/pdom/busybox/svn/rw/libbb/Makefile.in' (search path) (no ~ expansion)...
make: *** virtual memory exhausted.  Stop.




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 paul fox, pgf at brightstareng.com