[Re-adding the mailing list; please keep it in the loop in future] On Wednesday 05 October 2011, Thomas M wrote: > - gpg control packet > Stefano, > > I ran the test you suggested twice and it failed both time. I'll > attach both logs to this message. > (JFTR: they were basically the same as the original log).
> I suspect however that the problem > is due to low memory. I'm running an old junker of a computer that > has only 256mb of pc133 ram and if I were not running Slackware I > doubt I could run it at all. > But good to know tha automake runs on it decently :-) > This was the memory situation at the time I ran the tests: > jreb@darkstar:~/automake-1.11.1/tests$ free > total used free shared buffers cached > Mem: 249500 243536 5964 0 12372 59464 > -/+ buffers/cache: 171700 77800 > Swap: 522104 234252 287852 > jreb@darkstar:~/automake-1.11.1/tests$ > You could try the following to verify that the problem is really due to the limits of your machine: $ cd /home/jreb/automake-1.11.1/tests/lzma.dir $ ls -l lzma-1.0 # Just to be sure this directory is really there. $ tar chof foo.tar lzma-1.0 # Should succeed. $ lzma -9 foo.tar # Should fail with an error "Cannot allocate memory". > Thanks for your assistance, > > Thomas M. Jett > Thanks, Stefano
