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From: sastdr@torpid.unx.sas.com (Thomas David Rivers)
Subject: Re: patch 0.2.3 BUGS ?
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1993 13:59:46 GMT
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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))
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