From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Dec 17 18:25:55 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E261E16A47B for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:25:55 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from pi.codefab.com (pi.codefab.com [199.103.21.227]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8DF1843CCD for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:23:06 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from cswiger@mac.com) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A6B445D58 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:22:40 -0500 (EST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at codefab.com Received: from pi.codefab.com ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (pi.codefab.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id vX-il-t6qDh7 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:22:37 -0500 (EST) Received: from [192.168.1.251] (pool-68-161-114-230.ny325.east.verizon.net [68.161.114.230]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pi.codefab.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DE0EA5CE2 for ; Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:22:36 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <45858AEA.4080404@mac.com> Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 13:22:34 -0500 From: Chuck Swiger User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.8 (Windows/20061025) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20061217022424.GU16906@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> <20061217161559.GH16906@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> In-Reply-To: <20061217161559.GH16906@tigger.digitaltorque.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: upgrade of portupgrade fails X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:25:56 -0000 Michael P. Soulier wrote: [ ... ] > So, the logs tell me why. > >> swap_pager_getswapspace(9): failed >> swap_pager_getswapspace(9): failed >> swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed >> swap_pager_getswapspace(3): failed >> swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed >> swap_pager_getswapspace(2): failed >> pid 24321 (ruby18), uid 0, was killed: out of swap space > > I guess ruby used too much memory for my system. Yes, for some reason generating the Ruby documentation takes a great deal of RAM, and may run very slowly on machines without enough of it. There is probably an option in the ports' Makefile to disable building the docs; check pkg-mesg...? You might also consider adding more RAM to the system in question; it will help performance for other tasks. -- -Chuck