Date: Sat, 19 Mar 2005 22:25:28 +0100 (CET) From: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald@pfeifer.com> To: Fernan Aguero <fernan@iib.unsam.edu.ar> Cc: ports@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: problems fetching lang/gcc*: random? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.62.0503192221290.36661@acrux.dbai.tuwien.ac.at> In-Reply-To: <20050317131405.GA31049@iib.unsam.edu.ar> References: <20050317131405.GA31049@iib.unsam.edu.ar>
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Dear Fernan, On Thu, 17 Mar 2005, Fernan Aguero wrote: > I'm having a weird problem trying to fetch lang/gcc* ports > using the ports system. I don't see how the problem you are experiencing should be related to these specific ports per se... > This does not happen with other ports (at least not with the > ones I tested, and with the latest gnome upgrade, I've been > fetching lots of them), so I don't believe > the cause to be my network connectivity or fetch(1). This is > the first reason for this weirdness. ...but perhaps it might be related to the specific servers you are using when downloading the distfiles for these ports? > In all cases this is as far as I get: > > pi# pwd > /usr/ports/lang/gcc34 > pi# make fetch > Making GCC 3.4.4 for FreeBSD 4.11 target=i386-portbld-freebsd4.11 > => gcc-core-3.4-20050311.tar.bz2 doesn't seem to exist in /usr/ports/distfiles/. > > at the same time CPU usage raises considerably and 75-80% of > this corresponds to a process named random, which ps(1) shows > as /usr/games/random. As soon as I Ctrl-C and quit the > fetch, this process disappears and CPU usage return to > normal levels. This is the second reason I found this weird. > > I'm completely intrigued by this. Anyone can reproduce it, > or better yet have an idea of what is going on? Ah, wait, this might be a very useful piece of information and indeed triggers at least one idea: try renaming /usr/games/random, run rehash, and then give "make fetch" another try. Does that make any difference? Gerald PS: Please keep me Cc:ed on this thread. -- Gerald Pfeifer (Jerry) gerald@pfeifer.com http://www.pfeifer.com/gerald/
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