Compiling large-memory programs in HABS (gitit available for those with RAM)
gitit 0.8 came out yesterday, and thanks to its upgrade to happstack 6, can now be built on the current set of HABS packages. Provided you have at least 4 GB of RAM, I'm guessing. It looks like the linking the executable stage takes up 2.5 GB of RAM, and it's not going to build in any reasonable amount of time on my 64-bit 2GB box. I was going to try dynamically linking it, but the command-line option for that doesn't seem support in the installed version of Cabal. http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/hackage/ticket/600 So, I was thinking of firing up a Large (7.5 GB) EC2 instance to compile it. Does a similar option exist for 32-bit? gitit is a nice tool to run, but the build requirements might put off casual usage - this is a real advantage to having pre-built binary packages available. Also, in the future, should I throw in a heads up when packages take say, over 1GB of RAM to build? -Leif Warner
Hi Leif,
So, I was thinking of firing up a Large (7.5 GB) EC2 instance to compile it.
that's a nice idea. :-)
Does a similar option exist for 32-bit?
No, I'm afraid not. I have two ArchLinux boxes available that I use for building the i686 repository, but neither machine has more than 1GB of memory. As of now, there are several packages that cannot be compiled on those machines -- such as the latest version of 'crypto-api'. I'm not sure what to do about that. So far, I've simply avoided updating those packages to the latest versions in HABS, but this approach clearly won't scale. Maybe I should by some RAM? One of those machines is an EeePC, though, and I'm not sure whether I could even extend its memory. Anyway, at the time being, I wouldn't be able to build Gitit for i686.
gitit is a nice tool to run, but the build requirements might put off casual usage - this is a real advantage to having pre-built binary packages available.
Yes, indeed!
Also, in the future, should I throw in a heads up when packages take say, over 1GB of RAM to build?
Yes, please do. That's very helpful information. We can figure out how to deal with the situation on a case-by-case basis, which feels quite reasonable. Take care, Peter
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