Re: Unable to --rebuild postgresql-7.1.2-4PGDG.src.rpm

Keith F Irwin <kirwin14@home.com> writes:

> On 16 Jun 2001 13:54:06 -0400, Tom Lane wrote:
> > Keith F Irwin <kirwin14@home.com> writes:
> > > gcc -O2 -Wall -Wmissing-prototypes -Wmissing-declarations -O2
> > > -march=i386 -mcpu=i686 -fpic -I. -I../../../src/include  -DHAVE_CONFIG_H
> > > -DODBCINSTDIR='"/etc/pgsql"'  -c -o info.o info.c
> >
> > > Cannot allocate 3473903228 bytes after allocating 1767100 bytes
> > > </quote>
> >
> > > What does that allocate error mean?  I've got 1/2 gig of Ram.  Does it
> > > take more than that to compile?
>
> > No.  I'm thinking something's awfully broken about your machine...
> > have you had trouble compiling things in the past?
>
> I've not had trouble compiling anything (including the mozilla source
> rpm).  About the only thing different about my machine is that I used
> the XFS installer from SGI.  Perhaps there's something odd there.

I've used that (Red Hat Linux 7.1 w/SGI XFS)  for a long time, and
have compiled lots of packages with it - no problems.

> Incidentally, I tried rerunning the rpm --rebuild command, and this time
> it worked.

I would be very suspicious of your hardware after that. Very
suspicious. If you're overclocking, turn it down - otherwise, check
your memory.

http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady/nmemtest86/


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