Date: Sun, 02 Apr 2006 20:50:11 +0200 From: Helge Preuss <regnans@gmail.com> To: "james g." <james@veldt.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: jdk15 on 6.0 Message-ID: <44301CE3.9030105@gmx.net> In-Reply-To: <F65D1EF0-4DA5-4568-9404-563E08745F9E@veldt.com> References: <0B538C86-FFCD-4AE4-A3A4-D5A2990AFEAA@veldt.com> <cb5206420604021041w35142cf2sfd34bd7e739d9464@mail.gmail.com> <F65D1EF0-4DA5-4568-9404-563E08745F9E@veldt.com>
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james g. wrote: > > On Apr 2, 2006, at 11:41 AM, Andrew Pantyukhin wrote: > >> On 4/2/06, james g. <james@veldt.com> wrote: >>> FreeBSD Land: >>> >>> I've seen this question asked on this very list, and once or twice on >>> the web, but have yet to find a solution. >>> >>> I'm attempting to compile jdk15 on an older machine, and at first >>> attempted it on a 4.11 install. The failures there encouraged me to >>> finally upgrade the machine to 6.0. >>> >>> So now, I have a fully patched, fresh 6.0 installation. The machine >>> has 128MB physical ram, and I doubled the default swap space. When I >>> continued to run into memory errors while attempting to compile the >>> jdk, I added an additional swap file of 512MB. Even with all this >>> additional swap space, I'm getting the following compilation error >>> every time: >>> >>> `/usr/ports/java/jdk15/work/control/build/bsd-i586/hotspot-i586/tmp/ >>> bsd_i486_compiler2/jvmg' >>> gmake[3]: Entering directory `/usr/ports/java/jdk15/work/control/ >>> build/bsd-i586/hotspot-i586/tmp/bsd_i486_compiler2/jvmg' >>> Compiling ../generated/adfiles/ad_i486.cpp >>> virtual memory exhausted: Cannot allocate memory >>> gmake[3]: *** [ad_i486.o] Error 1 >>> gmake[3]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/java/jdk15/work/control/build/ >>> bsd-i586/hotspot-i586/tmp/bsd_i486_compiler2/jvmg' >>> gmake[2]: *** [the_vm] Error 2 >>> gmake[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/java/jdk15/work/control/build/ >>> bsd-i586/hotspot-i586/tmp/bsd_i486_compiler2/jvmg' >>> gmake[1]: *** [jvmg] Error 2 >>> gmake[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/ports/java/jdk15/work/control/build/ >>> bsd-i586/hotspot-i586/tmp' >>> gmake: *** [jvmg] Error 2 >>> *** Error code 2 >>> >>> Stop in /usr/ports/java/jdk15. >>> >>> >>> Does jdk15 really require more swapspace? I don't making the >>> additional swap file larger, but pushing 1GB of swap already is >>> leading me to believe there is another cause. >>> >>> Any help is greatly appreciated, as I'd really like to get jdk15 >>> installed and running on this specific machine, despite it's age. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> James >>> >> >> AFAICT yes, it is possible that 1Gb (try 2Gb to be sure) swap >> will solve it. I can start trying to imagine how long it would take >> to compile jdk15, though. And even if you do succeed, an >> average java application can take about 100Mb of RAM >> right from the start. So you should really choose between a >> newer box and a sensible programming language. > > Thanks for the tip. I upped the additional swapfile size to 2GB and > tried again, with the same results. > > Granted I understand that expecting so much from this little machine > is really pushing it, it will eventually just be running a small > java-based server, that unfortunately requires jdk15. I wouldn't ever > choose it on purpose. > > With a total swap size of roughly 2.5GB still generating failures, is > this a lost cause, or should I be looking for additional solutions? Hmm. I successfully compiled jdk15 with 256 MB RAM and 1 GB swap on an i386 machine. I suspect some other problem with your system. I can offer no speculation to the nature of your problem though. Greets, Helge
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