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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!news.Hawaii.Edu!ames!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!darwin.sura.net!news-feed-1.peachnet.edu!concert!sas!mozart.unx.sas.com!torpid.unx.sas.com!sastdr From: sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers) Subject: Re: patch 0.2.3 BUGS ? Sender: news@unx.sas.com (Noter of Newsworthy Events) Message-ID: <C6907n.Ir@unx.sas.com> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 13:59:46 GMT References: <1993Apr29.031107.3815@sparc4.ncu.edu.tw> Nntp-Posting-Host: torpid.unx.sas.com Organization: SAS Institute Inc. Lines: 24 In article <1993Apr29.031107.3815@sparc4.ncu.edu.tw> toor@alice.net.ncu.edu.tw (Bourne-again Superuser) writes: > The Patchkit 0.2.3 exist 2 serious bugs : > > 1. It eat too much memory, I have tried to do the "buildworld.sh" in many > machines, but if the RAM is less than 16MB, the process will hang > forever, even block the system. I have tried it on 3 386 machine (-25, > -33) with 4 or 8 MB ram, no one survived. But if I add the RAM to > 16MB, all successful!!! > > because the the process hang in making the lib or nroff the man page. > I guess the compiler or nroff catch too much memory I can successfully do it with a 12-meg machine; it takes overnight; but when I wake up - it's all there and the machine is still happily running. This is with a 386-33mhz DX and an Cyrix 387. The only difference I have from the vanilla patch kit is a different com driver. - Dave Rivers - (sastdr@unx.sas.com (work)) (rivers@ponds.uucp (home)) -- UPDATE ALL INFORMATION AND POD INTO COSMOS - Federal Express