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From: felix@×××××××.com
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog
Date: Wed, 26 Dec 2007 07:24:49
Message-Id: 20071226071913.GA29754@crowfix.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog by Jason Dusek
1 On Tue, Dec 25, 2007 at 05:26:31PM -0800, Jason Dusek wrote:
2 > On Dec 25, 2007 6:26 AM, <felix@×××××××.com> wrote:
3 > > On Mon, Dec 24, 2007 at 10:57:10PM -0800, Jason Dusek wrote:
4 > > > On Dec 23, 2007 8:23 AM, <felix@×××××××.com> wrote:
5 > > > > Emerging haxml directly repeats the greedy performance...
6 > > >
7 > > > Does deleting the ebuild (not haxml, just that particular ebuild, as
8 > > > suggested by "manually remove the ebuild", make any difference?
9 > >
10 > > I took "manually remove the ebuild" to mean do all the remove steps
11 > > myself, but I don't have any idea what those steps are. Do you think
12 > > it means the actual haxml-1.13.2.ebuild file? I'd be willing to try
13 > > that, but that is the most recent ebuild.
14 >
15 > Maybe you're reading it right, but it's not clear -- if you are
16 > supposed to remove HaXML by hand, it should have said "manually
17 > remove the package". When you say "Emerging HaXML directly
18 > repeats the greedy performance...", do you mean *unmerging*
19 > HaXML is not doable? You could try unmerging it and then
20 > re-emerging it. If you've already tried that, though, then I'll
21 > have to think of something else :)
22 >
23 > I'm using the same HaXML you are, actually.
24
25 Interesting ... unmerge quits by itself, but with the same error.
26 I am tempted to delete haskell itself, as far as possible, and see if
27 the haxml unmerge would get any further.
28
29 # emerge -C dev-haskell/haxml
30
31 dev-haskell/haxml
32 selected: 1.13.2
33 protected: none
34 omitted: none
35
36 >>> 'Selected' packages are slated for removal.
37 >>> 'Protected' and 'omitted' packages will not be removed.
38
39 >>> Waiting 5 seconds before starting...
40 >>> (Control-C to abort)...
41 >>> Unmerging in: 5 4 3 2 1
42 >>> Unmerging dev-haskell/haxml-1.13.2...
43
44
45 Exiting on signal 2
46 * The 'prerm' phase of the 'dev-haskell/haxml-1.13.2' package has failed
47 * with exit value -1. The problem occurred while executing the ebuild
48 * located at '/var/db/pkg/dev-haskell/haxml-1.13.2/haxml-1.13.2.ebuild'.
49 * If necessary, manually remove the ebuild in order to skip the execution
50 * of removal phases.
51
52 * Messages for package dev-haskell/haxml-1.13.2:
53
54 * The 'prerm' phase of the 'dev-haskell/haxml-1.13.2' package has failed
55 * with exit value -1. The problem occurred while executing the ebuild
56 * located at '/var/db/pkg/dev-haskell/haxml-1.13.2/haxml-1.13.2.ebuild'.
57 * If necessary, manually remove the ebuild in order to skip the execution
58 * of removal phases.
59
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Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog Jason Dusek <jason.dusek@×××××.com>