Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2006 23:15:54 +0200 From: "Jacques S." <offbyone@xs4all.nl> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ruby18 won't install, gets stuck in 'sread' Message-ID: <4525760A.1060605@xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20061004111044.GA19420@zen.inc> References: <452392B9.1030903@xs4all.nl> <20061004111044.GA19420@zen.inc>
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VANHULLEBUS Yvan wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2006 at 12:53:45PM +0200, Jacques S. wrote: >> 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. >> >> Computer in question is a very old box: (i386/Pentium III Xeon/Celeron) >> with very little memory. FreeBSD is version 5.5p8 > > Hi. > > I recently (a few days ago) sent a pr about a problem with ruby: it > uses *lots* of RAM to generate some "RDOC" during install, and it > will cause some memory problems with old computers. > > Stanislav Sedov commited this week a new version of the port which has > an option to disable doc generation, and now ruby installs quickly on > small computers. > > > Yvan. > Hello, Yvan. Thanks for your quick and helpful response to my op. Thanks, too, for already having taken constructive action to solve the problem (and to Mr. Sedov for re-jigging the port in this way). I just ran 'make install' of the current ruby18 port, on the computer that was giving me trouble. I was able to choose the options appropriate for the computer in question, including "WITHOUT_RDOC=true", and the up-to-date version of ruby18 installed successfully, in less than half-a-minute. Nice move. -- Jacques
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