From owner-freebsd-current Wed Mar 11 00:31:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA08444 for freebsd-current-outgoing; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 00:31:11 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from allegro.lemis.com (allegro.lemis.com [192.109.197.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA08427; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 00:31:05 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from grog@lemis.com) Received: from freebie.lemis.com (freebie.lemis.com [192.109.197.137]) by allegro.lemis.com (8.8.7/8.8.5) with ESMTP id TAA22145; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:01:02 +1030 (CST) Received: (from grog@localhost) by freebie.lemis.com (8.8.8/8.8.7) id TAA01474; Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:01:01 +1030 (CST) (envelope-from grog) Message-ID: <19980311190101.14276@freebie.lemis.com> Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:01:01 +1030 From: Greg Lehey To: Julian Elischer , "Jordan K. Hubbard" Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Softupdates code not Prime Time yet. References: <26176.889599867@time.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.89i In-Reply-To: ; from Julian Elischer on Tue, Mar 10, 1998 at 11:18:46PM -0800 WWW-Home-Page: http://www.lemis.com/~grog Organization: LEMIS, PO Box 460, Echunga SA 5153, Australia Phone: +61-8-8388-8286 Fax: +61-8-8388-8725 Mobile: +61-41-739-7062 Sender: owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 10 March 1998 at 23:18:46 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >>> We have 2 (possibly but not neccesarily related) crash scenarios, >>> and also a dependency tracking failure. >> >> Actually, on an SMP machine I can crash the box in 2 seconds flat. >> Just mount the filesystem where /usr/obj lies with soft updates >> enabled and ``make world''. Bye box. :-) > > I can make world all day (and have for a week) > on a UP P6-200 > Adding a process that untars and then cleans up a copy of X11R6 > makes the system crash after about N hours ( 1 < N < 12 ) > Having 2 such process makes no further difference. > Amancio has N where ( 1 < N < 3 ) so it's dependant on > timing and other factors. I have one where I can make world until the cows come home, but if I wait much longer my nightly backup starts, and then it crashes within about half an hour. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message