GNU bug report logs - #38167
guix pull takes over 8 GiB of memory to finish if there are no substitutes

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>

Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 07:08:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer <at> gmail.com>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #26 received at 38167 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Danny Milosavljevic <dannym <at> scratchpost.org>
To: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
Cc: 38167 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Christopher Baines <mail <at> cbaines.net>
Subject: Re: bug#38167: guix pull takes over 8 GiB of memory to finish if
 there are no substitutes
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 2019 11:56:22 +0100

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> You could look at the output of “guix processes” and find out which
> session child process is consuming memory.

SessionPID: 19228
ClientPID: 19221
ClientCommand: /gnu/store/sc7z07gim1iq5zvfz1amdwf2irxrzifg-guile-2.2.6/bin/guile --no-auto-compile /home/dannym/.config/guix/current/bin/guix pull
ChildProcess: 19235: /gnu/store/1mkkv2caiqbdbbd256c4dirfi4kwsacv-guile-2.2.6/bin/guile \ /gnu/store/znzxqlk1zggcqdbsjq60346pdabnp83x-guix-1.0.1-10.41b4b71/bin/.guix-real substitute --query

Attached the entire process tree.

The process is still there but I've "stopped" (i.e. paused) it.

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