Date: Wed, 11 Mar 1998 19:01:01 +1030 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: Julian Elischer <julian@whistle.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Softupdates code not Prime Time yet. Message-ID: <19980311190101.14276@freebie.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.95.980310231526.20313A-100000@current1.whistle.com>; from Julian Elischer on Tue, Mar 10, 1998 at 11:18:46PM -0800 References: <26176.889599867@time.cdrom.com> <Pine.BSF.3.95.980310231526.20313A-100000@current1.whistle.com>
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On Tue, 10 March 1998 at 23:18:46 -0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Jordan K. Hubbard wrote: > >>> We have 2 (possibly but not neccesarily related) crash scenarios, >>> and also a dependency tracking failure. >> >> Actually, on an SMP machine I can crash the box in 2 seconds flat. >> Just mount the filesystem where /usr/obj lies with soft updates >> enabled and ``make world''. Bye box. :-) > > I can make world all day (and have for a week) > on a UP P6-200 > Adding a process that untars and then cleans up a copy of X11R6 > makes the system crash after about N hours ( 1 < N < 12 ) > Having 2 such process makes no further difference. > Amancio has N where ( 1 < N < 3 ) so it's dependant on > timing and other factors. I have one where I can make world until the cows come home, but if I wait much longer my nightly backup starts, and then it crashes within about half an hour. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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