GNU bug report logs - #67535
ci.guix.gnu.org 'Cannot allocate memory' while building for i686-linux

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Package: guix;

Reported by: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 20:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #50 received at 67535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: guix-devel <at> gnu.org, 67535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: Does anyone use i686-linux? [was Re: bug#67535: ci.guix.gnu.org
 'Cannot allocate memory' while building for i686-linux]
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 16:03:57 +0200

Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il> skribis:

> On Fri, Jul 26, 2024 at 02:51:49PM -0400, Leo Famulari wrote:
>> For a long time we've not been able to build linux-libre on i686-linux
>> because the source unpacking process runs out of memory.
>
> I believe if we limit the unpacking process to not more than 8 cores we
> can avoid that problem.

Also, this is very much a defect of xz; on ‘core-updates’,
‘patch-and-repack’ uses zstd, which is much less memory-hungry and more
predictable.

Ludo’.
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