On March 15, 2018 8:57:53 PM UTC, the...@sys-concept.com wrote: >On 03/15/2018 12:29 PM, Neil Bothwick wrote: >> On Thu, 15 Mar 2018 11:40:13 -0400, Walter Dnes wrote: >> >>>> ninja: build stopped: subcommand failed. >>>> * ERROR: net-libs/webkit-gtk-2.18.6::gentoo failed (compile >phase): >>>> * ninja -v -j5 -l8 failed >>> >>> One option that sometimes cures mysterious failures is to do the >build >>> with... >>> MAKEOPTS="-j1" >>> Yes, the build takes longer, but it may actually build. Remember >to >>> set the option back to normal value after experimenting. >> >> You can set it on the command line for that build only >> >> MAKEOPTS="-j1" emerge whatever >> >> I too find that it can help builds that otherwise fail, even when it >> doesn't, the make output gives a better idea of the failure point >when >> parallel builds are not cluttering it up. >> >> If the build log is that big, either compress it or just post the >last >> 100 lines. The error message you posted doesn't really say much more >than >> "it broke". > >Thanks Walter and Neil, Yes, that was the case not enough RAM, >MAKEOPTS="-j1" fixed the problem. > >Though, it was sloooow. On Intel Quad core CPU and 4MB of RAM it took >over 7-hours to compile it. >I guess I need more RAM. > >-- >Thelma
I would recommend more RAM. (And no, that isn't a joke because you said you have 4MB. 4GB is also quite low these days. I only have 2 systems left with 16GB. One is my laptop. The other is the backup storage server. The rest all have more. -- Joost -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. Please excuse my brevity.
