Thanks to everyone for their replies. Restarting and going single-threaded did not work.
Changing the size of the swap file seemed like too much effort, or did I misunderstand something? Finally, I did make build only, which is enough for my purposes. Denis On Tuesday, April 15, 2025 at 1:56:33 AM UTC+2 kyo...@gmail.com wrote: > Denis, > > try changing the size of your SWAPFILE. > > I changed mine to 10G, which was not really needed. > > Try 2 or 3G. > > regs, Kev > > On Tuesday, 15 April 2025 at 00:03:25 UTC+10 denis...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I have been installing Sage from source on three workstations and a >> laptop for ages. The last release which went without a hitch was 10.3. I >> skipped 10.4, but with 10.5 and 10.6 one of the workstations has a weird >> problem: the build simply hangs and stays that way, for as long as I let it >> (two days now). Below is the output of ps -xuwa | grep python and the tail >> of the install log. The log is 97 MB, but there seems to be nothing there >> save a few error messages from various packages which are the same as on >> the other three machines where there were no problems. >> >> All four machines are Debian bookworm on amd64, fully up to date. The one >> where the build fails is only different in that I installed all the >> packages suggested by configure and did `make reconfigure' after that, as >> recommended. I can imagine that could cause some conflict, but not such >> silent failure of the build. >> >> Any suggestion? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Denis >> >> ========================================================================= >> output of ps xuwa | grep python, showing lots of defunct processes >> ========================================================================= >> >> myuserid 213668 0.0 0.0 2584 916 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python >> /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-cleaner >> myuserid 213669 0.0 0.0 17376 13008 ? S Apr12 0:01 >> python3 /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-cleaner >> myuserid 213932 0.0 0.0 3108 2444 ? S Apr12 0:00 make >> doc-inventory--reference-spkg doc-inventory--reference-manifolds >> doc-inventory--reference-algebras doc-inventory--reference-polynomial_rings >> doc-inventory--reference-repl doc-inventory--reference-tensor_free_modules >> doc-inventory--reference-combinat doc-inventory--reference-dynamics >> doc-inventory--reference-plot3d doc-inventory--reference-arithgroup >> doc-inventory--reference-graphs doc-inventory--reference-misc >> doc-inventory--reference-parallel doc-inventory--reference-topology >> doc-inventory--reference-arithmetic_curves >> doc-inventory--reference-asymptotic doc-inventory--reference-calculus >> doc-inventory--reference-categories doc-inventory--reference-coding >> doc-inventory--reference-coercion doc-inventory--reference-constants >> doc-inventory--reference-cpython doc-inventory--reference-cryptography >> doc-inventory--reference-curves doc-inventory--reference-data_structures >> doc-inventory--reference-databases >> doc-inventory--reference-diophantine_approximation >> doc-inventory--reference-discrete_geometry doc-inventory--reference-doctest >> doc-inventory--reference-documentation >> doc-inventory--reference-drinfeld_modules >> doc-inventory--reference-euclidean_spaces >> doc-inventory--reference-finite_rings >> doc-inventory--reference-function_fields doc-inventory--reference-functions >> doc-inventory--reference-game_theory doc-inventory--reference-games >> doc-inventory--reference-groups doc-inventory--reference-hecke >> doc-inventory--reference-history_and_license >> doc-inventory--reference-homology >> doc-inventory--reference-hyperbolic_geometry >> doc-inventory--reference-interfaces doc-inventory--reference-knots >> doc-inventory--reference-lfunctions doc-inventory--reference-libs >> doc-inventory--reference-logic doc-inventory--reference-matrices >> doc-inventory--reference-matroids doc-inventory--reference-modabvar >> doc-inventory--reference-modfrm doc-inventory--reference-modsym >> doc-inventory--reference-modules doc-inventory--reference-monoids >> doc-inventory--reference-noncommutative_polynomial_rings >> doc-inventory--reference-number_fields doc-inventory--reference-numerical >> doc-inventory--reference-oremodules doc-inventory--reference-padics >> doc-inventory--reference-plotting doc-inventory--reference-power_series >> doc-inventory--reference-probability >> doc-inventory--reference-quadratic_forms >> doc-inventory--reference-quat_algebras doc-inventory--reference-quivers >> doc-inventory--reference-resolutions >> doc-inventory--reference-riemannian_geometry doc-inventory--reference-rings >> doc-inventory--reference-rings_numerical >> doc-inventory--reference-rings_standard doc-inventory--reference-sat >> doc-inventory--reference-schemes doc-inventory--reference-semirings >> doc-inventory--reference-sets doc-inventory--reference-stats >> doc-inventory--reference-structure doc-inventory--reference-valuations >> myuserid 213939 0.0 0.0 2584 912 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/combinat inventory >> myuserid 214317 0.0 1.5 5934336 514660 ? S Apr12 0:03 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/combinat inventory >> myuserid 239376 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 242472 0.0 0.0 2584 928 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/topology inventory >> myuserid 242503 0.0 1.4 5896956 482552 ? S Apr12 0:02 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/topology inventory >> myuserid 245156 0.0 0.0 2584 912 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/asymptotic inventory >> myuserid 245187 0.0 1.4 5897396 482376 ? S Apr12 0:02 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/asymptotic inventory >> myuserid 247309 0.0 0.0 2584 956 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/calculus inventory >> myuserid 247421 0.0 1.4 5897300 482752 ? S Apr12 0:02 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/calculus inventory >> myuserid 247894 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 252785 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 253518 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 265977 0.0 0.0 2584 956 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/cryptography inventory >> myuserid 266008 0.0 1.4 5898164 483948 ? S Apr12 0:02 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/cryptography inventory >> myuserid 268893 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 269896 0.0 0.0 2584 912 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/databases inventory >> myuserid 269942 0.0 1.5 5902180 487812 ? S Apr12 0:02 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/databases inventory >> myuserid 276088 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 287956 0.0 0.0 2584 884 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/euclidean_spaces inventory >> myuserid 287987 0.0 1.5 5934592 518824 ? S Apr12 0:02 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/euclidean_spaces inventory >> myuserid 292050 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 294517 0.0 0.0 2584 928 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/game_theory inventory >> myuserid 294558 0.0 1.4 5897080 481316 ? S Apr12 0:01 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/game_theory inventory >> myuserid 301601 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 311825 0.0 0.0 2584 912 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/homology inventory >> myuserid 311856 0.0 1.4 5896912 481720 ? S Apr12 0:01 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/homology inventory >> myuserid 314197 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 318834 0.0 0.0 2584 912 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/knots inventory >> myuserid 318865 0.0 1.4 5896756 482660 ? S Apr12 0:01 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/knots inventory >> myuserid 321105 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 325926 0.0 0.0 2584 908 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/logic inventory >> myuserid 325957 0.0 1.4 5895320 480732 ? S Apr12 0:01 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/logic inventory >> myuserid 328112 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 347301 0.0 0.0 2584 904 ? S Apr12 0:00 >> /bin/sh /opt/Sage/sage-10.6/src/bin/sage-python -m sage_docbuild >> --no-pdf-links reference/number_fields inventory >> myuserid 347332 0.0 1.4 5897268 482656 ? S Apr12 0:01 >> python3 -m sage_docbuild --no-pdf-links reference/number_fields inventory >> myuserid 349380 0.0 0.0 0 0 ? Z Apr12 0:00 >> [sage-python] <defunct> >> myuserid 356077 0.0 0.0 9212 2280 pts/2 S+ 10:17 0:00 grep >> python >> >> ====================================================================== >> output of tail install.log, showing build stopped in mid-air >> ====================================================================== >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] [modules ] The inventory file is >> in ../../local/share/doc/sage/inventory/en/reference/modules. >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] sage --docbuild --no-pdf-links >> reference/monoids inventory >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] [monoids ] building [inventory]: >> targets for 13 source files that are out of date >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] [monoids ] updating environment: >> [new config] 13 added, 0 changed, 0 removed >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] [monoids ] The inventory file is >> in ../../local/share/doc/sage/inventory/en/reference/monoids. >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] sage --docbuild --no-pdf-links >> reference/noncommutative_polynomial_rings inventory >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] [noncommut] building [inventory]: >> targets for 10 source files that are out of date >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] [noncommut] updating environment: >> [new config] 10 added, 0 changed, 0 removed >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] [noncommut] The inventory file is >> in >> ../../local/share/doc/sage/inventory/en/reference/noncommutative_polynomial_rings. >> [sagemath_doc_html-none] [spkg-install] sage --docbuild --no-pdf-links >> reference/number_fields inventory >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-support" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to sage-support+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/sage-support/e7bf055f-614d-4196-b400-1da7deb86c29n%40googlegroups.com.
