----- Original Message ---- > From: Carl Mäsak <cma...@gmail.com> > To: Paul Simon <getpsi...@yahoo.com> > Cc: perl6-us...@perl.org > Sent: Sun, November 22, 2009 11:08:45 AM > Subject: Re: trouble building rakudo > > Paul (>): > > I try building rakudo from git clone git://github.com/rakudo/rakudo.git but > during make it hangs forever (12+ hours) at > > > > /usr/local/bin/parrot perl6_s1.pbc --target=pir src/gen_setting.pm > > src/gen_setting.pir > > > > While it hangs at that line the linux (Debian 5.0 Lenny) box starts lots of > swapping activity. > > > > Anybody have any ideas what might be happening? > > Yes, that step is pretty resource-intensive. > > From your description, it sounds like Rakudo could use a little more > memory during compilation. On my computer, that compile step takes > about 3 minutes, and sucks up about 750 MB of RAM. My guess is that > you have less than that free when you're building Rakudo. > > // Carl
The system has only 256 MB with few resources being used. That's a big difference between 12+ hours and 3 minutes! Maybe I should invest in more RAM :-)
