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RE: Re: Out of memory issues
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adrian.gaunt |
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RE: Re: Out of memory issues |
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Tue, 16 Nov 2004 12:34:18 -0000 |
> Thanks for the reply, Roger.
>
> I'm not sure about being able to post the Make file build solution being
> implemented - I need to check this.
>
> As for the tool chain, well, this will use all tools supplied with a Symbian
> release - plus others. Yep, you've probably guessed it - I'm running builds
> for building Symbian software. Symbian provide their own build system, which
> has been superseded in-house with a new, more comprehensive, implementation.
> The tools supplied with Symbian releases use many GNU tools during the build
> - the GCC compiler, C pre-processor, LD and many others. Also, make will use
> tools supplied with Microsoft Visual C++ to build targets for the Windows
> platform.
>
> I will attach the logs of the build when I've had conformation from my
> company that this is ok! Sorry.
>
> The new build system does not adopt the recursive make architecture - using
> include statements to build the Makefile system instead. Each project has its
> own makefile, which is included when necessary. The build work area has
> around 200,000 files. There are many project groups within the Symbian work
> area and a large project can consist of many source files. Clearly, the
> dependency list for this size of work area is going to be pretty huge.
>
> The shell being used = DOS shell - cmd.exe. I'm sure this has many
> limitations, but not so sure how this may effect things in this instance.
> However, Perl is also used to implement many commands - version 5.6.1. Perl
> uses the same DOS shell to fire off system commands - when needed.
>
> Make version = 3.79.1 (Symbian build version 004) . Not sure what changes are
> made to Make with regard to the Symbian build versions and therefore,
> couldn't comment on what Libraries were used to build against.
>
> I realise that this is very difficult to make an assessment without actually
> seeing the Make files themselves and or the logs for the builds, but I'm
> assuming there are well known problems with Make running on the Windows
> platform! I will make every attempt to supply the files you requested, but in
> the absence of these, can you hazard a guess on where the probable cause may
> lie, based on the info supplied thus far?
>
> Thanks for the support.
>
> Regards,
>
> Adrian