According to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > If this is a "huge" merge, you may also, in fact, *first* want to check that > you are not using a default kernel, which doesn't have near enough file > descriptors. This issue went away for us (under FreeBSD) by (a) building a > kernel that explicitly expected processes to exceed 256mb (look for MAX_DFLD > and company), and (b) upgrading to 2gb of RAM. The second processor didn't > hurt either ;-)
If it is indeed a problem with htmerge chewing up too much RAM, then throwing more hardware at the problem is certainly an option. First, though, it's important to sort out what the problem is and what it isn't... > On Tue, 19 Mar 2002, Sean Downey wrote: > > I've been having problems with htmerge - I think it's a memory problem > > > > I get a message "Abort trap (cored dumped)" > > > > I looked up the mailing list archives and another guy had a similar problem > > http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/message.php?msg_id=220767 > > he said he hacked the words.cc file which is required for BSD systems. > > > > I couldn't find the words.cc file > > I'm using snapshot htdig-3.2.0b4-20020303 on FreeBSD > > > > is there another file I can change to modify the default tmp directory Sean, did you not see my reply from March 13? It's archived at http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=8091212&list=8822 and Geoff's response is at http://www.geocrawler.com/mail/msg.php3?msg_id=8096875&list=8822 There's no words.cc file in 3.2's htmerge, and it doesn't use /tmp. I believe there's a partial solution to the problem of htmerge's memory consumption in the patch archives, but I can't get at the ftp.ccsf.org FTP site right now to confirm. I'll let you know if I eventually do find the patch, but you may be able to get at it before me if you can get through to this ftp site. -- Gilles R. Detillieux E-mail: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Spinal Cord Research Centre WWW: http://www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/~grdetil Dept. Physiology, U. of Manitoba Phone: (204)789-3766 Winnipeg, MB R3E 3J7 (Canada) Fax: (204)789-3930 _______________________________________________ htdig-general mailing list <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, send a message to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with a subject of unsubscribe FAQ: http://htdig.sourceforge.net/FAQ.html
