Re: Bug#398879: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-08 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:46:55PM -0800, Rob Browning wrote: > > In the latest upload of stalin (a new version), I removed arm and m68k > from the architecture list. However, I wanted to double-check and > make sure that was appropriate. > > I believe compiling stalin with gcc now requires a bi

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-08 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > How do you get the peak VM usage data, then? That's been baffling me > > since some time. Anyway, I'll give it a try one way or other. > > I didn't do anything very precise. I just watched the build (via top, > htop, or proc -- I forget), and it looked like the virtual memory > footprint went

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-08 Thread Rob Browning
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > Depending on the access pattern, a ratio of 2:1 swap to ram would be >> > painful. The only machine where I could try that right away only has >> > 256 MB RAM... and it's building gcc-snapshot right now. >> >> I don't really know how much RAM might

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-07 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > Depending on the access pattern, a ratio of 2:1 swap to ram would be > > painful. The only machine where I could try that right away only has > > 256 MB RAM... and it's building gcc-snapshot right now. > > I don't really know how much RAM might be required for a reasonable > gcc build time. I

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-06 Thread Rob Browning
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Depending on the access pattern, a ratio of 2:1 swap to ram would be > painful. The only machine where I could try that right away only has > 256 MB RAM... and it's building gcc-snapshot right now. I don't really know how much RAM might be required fo

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-06 Thread Michael Schmitz
> Wookey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The 'hedges' machine waiting for DSA attention has 512MB. Arms with > > 1GB are now possible but rare. Debian will probably get one > > eventually but no immediate prospect of that. > > Just having enough swap might be sufficient. I suppose that depends >

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-05 Thread Rob Browning
Wookey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The 'hedges' machine waiting for DSA attention has 512MB. Arms with > 1GB are now possible but rare. Debian will probably get one > eventually but no immediate prospect of that. Just having enough swap might be sufficient. I suppose that depends on how long t

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-05 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > However, if the buildd admins are willing to make sure that the > > buildds have perhaps 1.5GB total (swap included) and are willing to > > let the build run long enough to finish, then it should be possible to > > restore m68k and arm support. > > It could be possible to build the package unde

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-05 Thread Bill Allombert
On Mon, Dec 04, 2006 at 07:46:55PM -0800, Rob Browning wrote: > > In the latest upload of stalin (a new version), I removed arm and m68k > from the architecture list. However, I wanted to double-check and > make sure that was appropriate. > > I believe compiling stalin with gcc now requires a bi

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-05 Thread Wookey
On 2006-12-05 09:26 +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > I believe compiling stalin with gcc now requires a bit over 1GB. > > i.e. gcc's VSS grows to a bit over 1GB. Ignoring any other concerns, > > it didn't look like the arm and m68k buildds would be likely to handle > > that very well. > > > > How

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-05 Thread Michael Schmitz
> I believe compiling stalin with gcc now requires a bit over 1GB. > i.e. gcc's VSS grows to a bit over 1GB. Ignoring any other concerns, > it didn't look like the arm and m68k buildds would be likely to handle > that very well. > > However, if the buildd admins are willing to make sure that the >

Re: Change in package architectures list.

2006-12-04 Thread Rob Browning
In the latest upload of stalin (a new version), I removed arm and m68k from the architecture list. However, I wanted to double-check and make sure that was appropriate. I believe compiling stalin with gcc now requires a bit over 1GB. i.e. gcc's VSS grows to a bit over 1GB. Ignoring any other co