From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 4 10:57:40 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8386A16A47C for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:57:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp19.orange.fr (smtp19.orange.fr [80.12.242.18]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 235C843D5E for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 10:57:39 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from offbyone@xs4all.nl) Received: from smtp-msa-out19.orange.fr (mwinf1903 [172.22.129.25]) by mwinf1915.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 5F0435C71603 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:53:47 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.4] (ADijon-257-1-69-119.w81-50.abo.wanadoo.fr [81.50.132.119]) by mwinf1903.orange.fr (SMTP Server) with ESMTP id 09CBC1C00097 for ; Wed, 4 Oct 2006 12:53:45 +0200 (CEST) X-ME-UUID: 20061004105346401.09CBC1C00097@mwinf1903.orange.fr Message-ID: <452392B9.1030903@xs4all.nl> Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 12:53:45 +0200 From: "Jacques S." User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.7 (X11/20060920) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: ruby18 won't install, gets stuck in 'sread' X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:57:40 -0000 The problem I have now is that I cannot get the latest Ruby18 port will not install in one of the FreeBSD systems I look after. After an otherwise apparently normal make and make install, process ruby18 stalls at "Generating RI" in "sread" state, thrashing the hd or paging memory in an apparently endless I/O loop. Under top, swap stats are: Swap: 512M Total, 126M Used, 386M Free, 24% Inuse, with In and Out changing like crazy. Computer in question is a very old box: (i386/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron) with very little memory. FreeBSD is version 5.5p8 From archives, Google, etc., it appears others sometimes have this problem--process stalled in 'sread' state--but I didn't find anywhere an explanation of the problem or a solution. Maybe someone here at freebsd-ports can help? I hope so. Thanks. -- Jacques "You can't always get what you want." - Mick Jagger