Matthew Flatt <[email protected]> writes: > At Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:05:09 -0700, Matthew Flatt wrote: >> I just tried a build on OpenBSD 5.0 within VirtualBox, and it went ok. > > It appears that my build "succeeded" only because I forgot to install > libcairo, so that `racket/draw' didn't work for building certain > documents. > > When `racket/draw' does work and when it's instantiated multiple times, > there's a leak. So, my guess is that the problem you saw wasn't really > specific to OpenBSD, but OpenBSD tends to have more restrictive > memory-use limits by default than other OSes, and so you may have been > the first to suffer from a leak that's actually everywhere.
That makes sense. I'm trying at the moment to fiddle with the ulimit settings to see if I can get it to compile without error (leak---if that is indeed the issue---and all). If I can make it work I'll post back here in case anybody else does a Google search. > For v5.2, assuming that the leak is the problem, one workaround is to > run `raco setup' until it completes normally. Each run should make > progress, and I imagine you'll only have to run `raco setup' one or two > extra times. Good to know; thanks! -- http://www.wistly.net _________________________________________________ For list-related administrative tasks: http://lists.racket-lang.org/listinfo/users
