Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2006 13:10:44 +0200 From: VANHULLEBUS Yvan <vanhu_bsd@zeninc.net> To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ruby18 won't install, gets stuck in 'sread' Message-ID: <20061004111044.GA19420@zen.inc> In-Reply-To: <452392B9.1030903@xs4all.nl> References: <452392B9.1030903@xs4all.nl>
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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. 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 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. -- NETASQ http://www.netasq.com
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