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ci.guix.gnu.org 'Cannot allocate memory' while building for i686-linux

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From: Efraim Flashner <efraim <at> flashner.co.il>
To: Leo Famulari <leo <at> famulari.name>
Cc: 67535 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#67535: ci.guix.gnu.org 'Cannot allocate memory' while
 building for i686-linux
Date: Wed, 6 Dec 2023 14:25:13 +0200

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On Wed, Nov 29, 2023 at 03:55:15PM -0500, Leo Famulari wrote:
> I see that ci.guix.gnu.org's builders seem to run out of memory while
> building kernel headers for i686-linux:
> 
> ------
> xz: (stdin): Cannot allocate memory
> /gnu/store/ns71xxkb3fzr37934bim9l8xiv68kc7w-tar-1.34/bin/tar: /gnu/store/536ifp75wv8i1kb1k0szv7zd57ygpg0n-linux-libre-6.5.13-guix.tar.xz: Wrote only 2048 of 10240 bytes
> /gnu/store/ns71xxkb3fzr37934bim9l8xiv68kc7w-tar-1.34/bin/tar: Child returned status 1
> /gnu/store/ns71xxkb3fzr37934bim9l8xiv68kc7w-tar-1.34/bin/tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
> ------
> 
> https://ci.guix.gnu.org/build/2736161/details

This looks like more of the too-many-cores while decompressing tarballs
issues we've had in the past on i686-linux.  Can we change that phase to
use a maximum of 4 cores or would that cause everything to rebuild?

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