Package: ruby1.8 Version: 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 Severity: wishlist
Hello there I experienced an high CPU consumption of puppetd/puppetmaster processes, a problem that was already reported to puppet developers (e.g., see: http://projects.reductivelabs.com/issues/show/1539, but it was filed a few more times afterwards). In my test I could see puppetd using CPU time up to 25% of the uptime. After chasing the problem with the developers, it turned out that it was due to the stock ruby being compiled with pthreads support. Testing it with a source-compiled ruby, configure-d with --disable-pthreads shows normal behaviour. Puppetd is now using about three minutes CPU time in 3 days of uptime (with the same configuration as before, of course). Besides turning puppetd/puppetmaster into CPU hogs, the pthreads-enable build seems to sport other undesirable behaviour (e.g.: see: http://antoniocangiano.com/2008/12/10/reflections-on-the-ruby-shootout/ and http://timetobleed.com/fix-a-bug-in-rubys-configurein-and-get-a-30-performance-boost/). Having the option of using a different, yet bundled version of the package would be of comfort for many of us. Thanks in any case Ciao --bronto -- System Information: Debian Release: 5.0.4 APT prefers stable APT policy: (500, 'stable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages ruby1.8 depends on: ii libc6 2.7-18lenny2 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libruby1.8 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 Libraries necessary to run Ruby 1. ruby1.8 recommends no packages. Versions of packages ruby1.8 suggests: ii rdoc1.8 1.8.7.72-3lenny1 Generate documentation from Ruby s pn ri1.8 <none> (no description available) pn ruby1.8-examples <none> (no description available) -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
