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From: | bo0od |
Subject: | bug#47717: guix outrageously exhaust itself (freeze) when there is package build failure |
Date: | Tue, 13 Apr 2021 11:34:41 +0000 |
yes sound dramatic but i couldnt describe what happened better. about "not true" i posted the error message and i dunno if there is something i can post describing when there is freeze.
> Take a look at (and next time, attach) > > $ bzless> /var/log/guix/drvs/5a/8xxi15g20iqr78daw3w1c7xyqmmd1k-vigra-1.11.1.drv.bz2
check the uploaded .txt file > the log file mentioned in the error message. You'll probably find the > string ‘Killed’ near the end. If you haven't rebooted yet, > > $ grep oom /proc/vmstat i already rebooted the machine. > but the root cause is > you simply don't have enough memory to build this package at its default > settings. 4G of ram not enough? That would be interesting if its not. > there's a libreoffice substitute on ci.guix.gnu.org. Are substitutes > configured and enabled?No, i dont like workarounds because when i report bugs i try to put myself in the position of new user. If substitutes are essentials for users then it should be enabled by default , or switched automatically if there is something bad happened like this issue. And if its not then the default configurations has something need to be fixed/improved to avoid issues like the one i have reported.
Hi bo0od, Your subject was quite dramatic and probably not true. Try to avoid both. bo0od writes:The real issue it caused guix to freeze for like not less than 2+ hours and i couldnt do anything with the distro until guix cut out the build/upgradation by itself.Take a look at (and next time, attach)$ bzless /var/log/guix/drvs/5a/8xxi15g20iqr78daw3w1c7xyqmmd1k-vigra-1.11.1.drv.bz2the log file mentioned in the error message. You'll probably find the string ‘Killed’ near the end. If you haven't rebooted yet,$ grep oom /proc/vmstat will probably return something non-zero.If so: you ran out of memory while building a heavy package. This causes your system to become unresponsive whilst it tries to postpone that for as long as possible. This is a fact of Linux.You can try to work around it by adding RAM, passing ‘-{M,c}1’ to the guix command that failed, and/or enabling swap, but the root cause is you simply don't have enough memory to build this package at its default settings.Or, you can make sure you download a substitute instead of trying to build everything locally. At the time of writing (commit d14f213) there's a libreoffice substitute on ci.guix.gnu.org. Are substitutes configured and enabled?Kind regards, T G-R
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