Re: [boost] [log] MSVC 9 build hangs

Subject: Re: [boost] [log] MSVC 9 build hangs
From: Tom Kent (lists_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-09-01 08:12:33

I didn't do anything.

On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 3:46 AM, Andrey Semashev
<andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]>wrote:

> On Saturday 31 August 2013 19:27:41 you wrote:
> > On Saturday 31 August 2013 10:18:52 Tom Kent wrote:
> > > On Sat, Aug 31, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Andrey Semashev
> > >
> > > <andrey.semashev_at_[hidden]>wrote:
> > > > Hi,
> > > >
> > > > Many test results for Boost.Log on teeks99-03b-win2008-64on64 [1]
> show
> > > > that
> > > > the build aborts due to timeout. From the test setup description (2
> GiB
> > > > of
> > > > RAM, 2 CPUs, 4 build jobs) it seems that the problem could be in the
> > > > insufficient system resources. 4 jobs building Boost.Log can easily
> > > > exceed
> > > > 2
> > > > gigs of RAM, especially considering some of the memory is reserved
> by OS
> > > > and
> > > > other programs. If there isn't any swap, the build may be just
> aborting,
> > > > and
> > > > if there is, it's probably performing dead slow. And 2 cores might
> also
> > > > be
> > > > too
> > > > limiting.
> > > >
> > > > Could the tester take a look what is happening on that setup? If it's
> > > > not
> > > > a
> > > > resource problem, then I would appreciate any information on the
> > > > problem.
> > > >
> > > > [1] http://www.boost.org/development/tests/trunk/developer/log.html
> > >
> > > It has 6GB of ram, not 2, I need to update the info page on it.
> >
> > Hmm, then lack of memory should not be an issue. Is CPU count actual?
> >
> > Also, is the timeout applied to the whole library compilation or some
> > particular stage? Or the whole Boost?
> >
> > > As to the 4
> > > jobs, are you referring to the -j4 option?
> >
> > Yes.
>
> I can see the tests are green now. Thanks for fixing it. Could you tell
> what
> the problem was?
>
>
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