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Date:      Wed, 7 Feb 2007 13:10:18 -0000
From:      "Harrison Peter CSA BIRKENHEAD" <PETER.HARRISON@DWP.GSI.GOV.UK>
To:        <youshi10@u.washington.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   RE: Portupgrade out of swap - corrupt pkg info...     
Message-ID:  <0740B9A6C3639441850D84E94767945C02EAAB45@DMM00038.link2.gpn.gov.uk>

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>-----Original=20Message-----
>From:=20youshi10@u.washington.edu=20[mailto:youshi10@u.washington.edu]
>Sent:=2006=20February=202007=2017:54
>To:=20Harrison=20Peter=20CSA=20BIRKENHEAD
>Subject:=20Re:=20Portupgrade=20out=20of=20swap=20-=20corrupt=20pkg=20info=
...
>
>
>On=20Tue,=206=20Feb=202007,=20Harrison=20Peter=20CSA=20BIRKENHEAD=20wrote=
:
>
>>=20I=20updated=20the=20ports=20on=20my=20laptop=20last=20night=20ran:
>>
>>=20portsnap=20fetch=20update
>>
>>=20followed=20by:
>>
>>=20portupgrade=20-arR
>>
>>=20This=20ran=20normally=20until=20it=20hit=20vim-gtk2.=20It=20built=20f=
ine=20but=20
>whilst=20it=20was=20registering=20the=20installation=20became=20unrespons=
ive.
>>
>>=20Hard=20rebooted,=20and=20found=20that=20in=20/var/log/messages=20it=20=

>referred=20to=20being=20out=20of=20swap=20(I=20don't=20have=20the=20exact=
=20message=20to=20hand).
>>
>>=20pkg_info=20did=20not=20show=20vim=20as=20installed,=20so=20when=20por=
tupgrade=20
>finished=20a=20cd'd=20to=20/usr/ports/editors/vim=20and=20ran=20make=20in=
stall=20
>clean.=20This=20installed=20without=20error.
>
>If=20you=20ran=20make=20install=20clean=20then=20it=20should=20have=20ins=
talled=20
>the=20pkg=20info.
>
>>=20However,=20now=20when=20I=20run=20pkg_info=20it=20reports=20that=20th=
e=20pkg=20
>info=20for=20vim-gtk2=20is=20corrupt.
>
>Hmmm...
>
>>=20Could=20anyone=20help=20with=202=20questions:
>>
>>=20~=20How=20do=20I=20fix=20the=20package=20database=20entry=20for=20vim=
?
>
>pkg_install=20should=20do=20the=20trick,=20but=20you=20already=20cleaned=20=
out=20
>the=20package=20build=20directory=20><.=20make=20install=20for=20vim-gtk2=
=20
>should=20do=20the=20trick=20now.


OK=20thanks=20for=20this.=20I've=20fiddled=20around=20and=20it=20seems=20t=
o=20be=20working=20alright=20now.=20Thanks=20for=20this.


>
>>=20~=20What=20might=20have=20caused=20my=20machine=20to=20run=20out=20of=
=20swap?=20It=20
>was=20running=20X=20and=20twm=20with=201=20xterm=20open.=20For=20hardware=
=20it=20has=20
>256MB=20RAM=20and=20a=20470MB=20swap=20partition.=20I've=20not=20had=20th=
is=20problem=20before.
>
>Ouch..=20you=20should=20actually=20have=20more=20swap=20than=20that=20
>(2*(Physical=20RAM=20amount)=20=3D=20512MB=20swap=20would=20be=20a=20bett=
er=20idea=20
>in=20the=20future).
>
>As=20for=20running=20out=20of=20swap,=20what=20are=20your=20make=20option=
s=20for=20
>ruby?=20Having=20the=20ruby=20doc=20(or=20whatever=20it=20was)=20option=20=
selected=20
>ate=20up=20a=20lot=20of=20memory=20on=20machines=20a=20few=20months=20bac=
k;=20having=20
>this=20option=20deselected=20and=20rebuilding=20ruby=20fixes=20the=20memo=
ry=20bloat.
>
>make=20config=20in=20the=20lang/ruby*=20ports=20directory=20will=20yield=20=
the=20
>desired=20result=20here.


I=20take=20your=20point=20over=20the=20amount=20of=20swap=20-=20and=20I=20=
guess=20256=20RAM=20is=20getting=20a=20little=20light=20for=20a=20desktop/=
laptop=20these=20days.

I=20don't=20recall=20portupgrade=20touching=20ruby=20-=20but=20I'll=20chec=
k=20what=20options=20I=20have=20enabled=20for=20it.


>
>-Garrett


Thanks,


Peter=20Harrison


>
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