Subject: bug#42002: Bug: Signal kill during build

From: Efraim Flashner <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 22 Jun 2020 15:47:08 +0300

On Mon, Jun 22, 2020 at 02:28:33PM +0200, Léon Lain Delysid wrote:
> Hello! I'm having a problem on a Banana Pi M3 that runs Debian 10 Buster
> (ARM like instruction set).
> "guix pull" always results in failure with this message:
> 
> building
> /gnu/store/3has7cgd39q9jb9a78vdzjcyycsa6z96-guix-packages-base.drv...
>  76% [#######################################################
>    ]builder for
> `/gnu/store/3has7cgd39q9jb9a78vdzjcyycsa6z96-guix-packages-base.drv' failed
> due to signal 9 (Killed)
> build of /gnu/store/3has7cgd39q9jb9a78vdzjcyycsa6z96-guix-packages-base.drv
> failed
> View build log at
> '/var/log/guix/drvs/3h/as7cgd39q9jb9a78vdzjcyycsa6z96-guix-packages-base.drv.bz2'.
> cannot build derivation
> `/gnu/store/z728xwhxnaczkjky15939zjp4v2pvrld-guix-cli.drv': 1 dependencies
> couldn't be built
> building
> /gnu/store/rmbf654gah845f3hbzn9hdamn3xn1s25-guix-config-source.drv...
> cannot build derivation
> `/gnu/store/1i3w8dgf5lzapb8l59i3lriskcd8q30c-guix-packages-base-modules.drv':
> 1 dependencies couldn't be built
> cannot build derivation
> `/gnu/store/4rzrb0xwgh2achzijn6fsdkhgqych6br-guix-packages.drv': 1
> dependencies couldn't be built
> cannot build derivation
> `/gnu/store/4hk3v9q8nlzy18xg6cklmrv1x1hi1f4j-guix-system-tests.drv': 1
> dependencies couldn't be built
> cannot build derivation
> `/gnu/store/ha53vvwh6v1d68v1kj5m43csinxlrflc-guix-system.drv': 1
> dependencies couldn't be built
> cannot build derivation
> `/gnu/store/3q6g7ppayihip0wxhghwkq2nc0qg8kd9-guix-fae72ebb4-modules.drv': 1
> dependencies couldn't be built
> cannot build derivation
> `/gnu/store/gl3gim8cd8p920iw3m5qwdyv6zvlhwnv-guix-fae72ebb4.drv': 1
> dependencies couldn't be built
> cannot build derivation
> `/gnu/store/85vkb01zgkfmy902m352hjcv35d7hzqb-profile.drv': 1 dependencies
> couldn't be built
> guix pull: error: build of
> `/gnu/store/85vkb01zgkfmy902m352hjcv35d7hzqb-profile.drv' failed1
> 
> 
> 
> What can I do? Some help would be much appreciated. Thanks!
> 
> Best regards,
> Léon

The signal 9 (killed) makes me think a C++ program killed. I checked
wikipedia and it says the Banana Pi M3 has 2GB of RAM. Was there
anything else running at the time? 'guix pull' can be resource
intensive, especially on lower powered machines.

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