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

From: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
To: André Batista <nandre <at> riseup.net>
Cc: guix-devel <at> gnu.org, 67535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
 Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>, Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Subject: Re: Does anyone use i686-linux? [was Re: bug#67535: ci.guix.gnu.org
 'Cannot allocate memory' while building for i686-linux]
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2024 11:42:41 +0200

André Batista <nandre <at> riseup.net> writes:

>> > Keeping this to i686-linux specifically, what generation of hardware
>> > supports i686 but not x86_64? Some (very) quick checking on wikipedia
>> > suggests that the x60 from 2006 was either 32-bit or 64-bit, and I
>> > believe there was an atom chip from 2015 that was 32-bit. Specifically,
>> > that makes the newest hardware (at least from the CPU perspective) 10
>> > years old at least.
>> 
>> FWIW, I'm using one of those Atom chips in a netbook for an installation
>> of Sugar Desktop.  I upgrade it every few months or so.  If I'm the only
>> user of i686-linux I would not want to condemn the project to supporting
>> the architecture for my sake.
>
> For the record, I'm another one still using those atom netbooks.

I just noticed that my Atom-powered netbook should also be able to run
an x86_64 system.  I'll try to upgrade today; if this is successful I
won't have any i686 system left at home.

-- 
Ricardo
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