Pjotr Prins <pjotr.publi...@thebird.nl> writes: > On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 09:27:22AM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >> >> Pjotr Prins <pjotr.publi...@thebird.nl> writes: >> >> > On Mon, Jul 25, 2016 at 08:13:33AM +0200, Ricardo Wurmus wrote: >> >> Thanks again for the patch. I hope you are willing to provide some >> >> guidance when I have some problems understanding certain bits of the >> >> build. >> > >> > I am happy to help out if you take the lead. >> >> Thank you. I applied the patch to my copy of master, but Elxir fails to >> compile reliably. Most of the times it fails with this error: >> >> == Compilation error on file lib/system.ex == >> ** (exit) :epipe >> Makefile:77: recipe for target 'lib/elixir/ebin/Elixir.Kernel.beam' failed >> make: *** [lib/elixir/ebin/Elixir.Kernel.beam] Error 1 >> >> This is without any changes to your patch. I wonder if this indicates a >> lack of resources on my laptop. >> >> Occasionally it does work and gets past the compilation of >> “Elixir.Kernel.beam”. Did you encounter this error before? > > I may have seen it.
Never mind. It was as Vincent thought. Closing all applications except for Emacs makes it work. >> Before I can make some changes on top of your patch I need Elixir to >> build (as a baseline). > > I'll take a look over the weekend. Flying home right now. Have a good trip! ~~ Ricardo