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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 21:57:20
Message-Id: 20071226215115.GA21975@crowfix.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog by Jason Dusek
1 On Wed, Dec 26, 2007 at 11:40:53AM -0800, Jason Dusek wrote:
2 > On Dec 25, 2007 11:19 PM, <felix@×××××××.com> wrote:
3 > > > I'm using the same HaXML you are, actually.
4 > >
5 > > Interesting ... unmerge quits by itself, but with the same error.
6 > > I am tempted to delete haskell itself, as far as possible, and see if
7 > > the haxml unmerge would get any further.
8 >
9 > What if you tried deleting HaXML from /var/lib/portage/world and
10 > then remerging it? It would skip the `prerm` action and just
11 > overwrite everything.
12
13 Nah, no luck. Emerge -p shows it still knows that haxml is a remerge,
14 not a merge from scratch. Whether I try an unmerge or a merge, it
15 still has the prerm phase and it still gobbles memory.
16
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Replies

Subject Author
Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
Re: [gentoo-user] dev-haskell/{cabal,haxml} -- runaway memory hog Jason Dusek <jason.dusek@×××××.com>