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On Tue, 27 Apr 2021 20:53:11 +0000, Alan Mackenzie wrote: |
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> Help! What am I supposed to do? I've got 16 Gb RAM (I'm _not_ going to |
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> use the word "only" here), and wondering just how big a chunk a ram disk |
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> can take out of that before the machine siezes up altogether. But if I |
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> increase the ram disk to 15 Gb, even assuming it'd work, it's only going |
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> to be a small number of releases before the clever people at rust |
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> increase their bloat even more. |
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Setting the RAM disk so high will mean you don't have enough memory for |
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the compilation, which will start swapping and everything will grind to a |
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near halt. |
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> I know I could plump for the -bin package. Maybe I should. But before |
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> I do that, is it possible to redirect this one ebuild away from |
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> /var/tmp/portage (my ram disk) without disturbing the other builds? If |
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> so, how would I do this (or where should I look for documentation)? |
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Lookup package.env on the wiki. I use rust-bin now, so this isn't an |
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issue for me, but my laptop has only 8GB and this is how I have it set |
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for chromium: |
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% cat /etc/portage/env/disk-tmpdir.conf |
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PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/mnt/scratch" |
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% cat /etc/portage/package.env/chromium |
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www-client/chromium disk-tmpdir.conf |
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I do similar for libreoffice and a couple of other heavyweights. |
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Another option, to be used instead of or as well as this would be distcc. |
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Once again, you can use package.env to apply this to selected packages: |
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% cat /etc/portage/env/distcc.conf |
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FEATURES="distcc buildpkg distlocks" |
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MAKEOPTS="-j36 -l4" |
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CFLAGS="-march=broadwell -O2 -pipe" |
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CXXFLAGS="${CFLAGS}" |
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Neil Bothwick |
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I'm firm. You're obstinate. He's a pigheaded fool. |
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