Re: [Axiom-developer] new release and SuSE Linux

[Martin Baker]

Tim,

OK, looks like you have things well in hand and you are obviously very busy 
with all this so it probably best if I don't take up any more of your time 
now.

Just for the record this is the issue that I was seeing (in the unlikely event 
that your tests could have missed it).

When I first started using Axiom last year with the May 2009 release and 
openSUSE 11.1 and I was getting:

>> System error:
Unknown bfd format

whenever draw was called or when I tried to compile an SPAD file.

However since then there have been lots of new versions of Axiom and a new 
version of openSUSE and I must admit I have lost track of which combinations 
that I have tried and if I added:
ulimit -v unlimited
to the startup script.

So when you release the new software I will try it and let you know if there 
is still an issue (openSUSE 11.3 is coming soon so I will try on that).

Thanks,

Martin Baker

On Wednesday 16 Jun 2010 20:08:42 Tim Daly wrote:
> I looked at the build farm wiki but it is confusing.
> I don't have the "skills and knowledge" to do this either :-)
> 
> I'll look into this server farm. At the moment I have a local
> machine that does a SUSE build. What is the problem you are
> seeing that needs to be solved?
> 
> I used to build Axiom on an HP server farm but that died.
> I used to build Axiom on a slashdot server farm but that died.
> Eventually I gave up and created my own server farm.
> Currently I have 9 machines in my home office.
> I need some other machines but cost is an issue (who said free
> software is free? :-) )
> 
> 
> Camm Maquire is currently updating the Debian version of
> Axiom to a recent release. He is also working to fix the
> issues with Mac OS X so stay tuned.
> 
> I tried to create a "cloud server farm". At the May release
> I built a cloud machine on Amazon's cloud and successfully
> compiled Axiom there. However this was only for one system.
> I ran out of time to really study the problem. I would like to
> have a large set of cloud machines set up and ready to go at
> release time since it takes a few days to do a release, mostly
> in doing hand-build/hand-checking of binaries.
> 
> Axiom is in "continuous build" locally. Every update of Axiom's
> silver version is built and tested before the sources are pushed to
> the silver hosts, currently about 3-4 times a day. The limiting
> factor is the number of stupid mistakes I make which, fortunately,
> rarely get passed the local build server checks.
> 
> Silver sources live on:
> 
> sourceforge.net/projects/axiom
> savannah.nongnu.org/projects/axiom
> axiom-developer.org
> axiom-developer.com
> axiom-developer.net
> 
> Axiom Gold version is at github. Gold is updated every 2 months.
> 
> Tim
> 
> Martin Baker wrote:
> > Tim,
> >
> > Would it be possible to check the planned new release under SuSE Linux
> > (because on  SuSE the virtual memory limit is set low by default).
> >
> > All that is necessary to check the problem is to run something that uses
> > a bit of memory like draw and also to try to compile something from the
> > command line. That is )co somefile.
> >
> > and if required put:
> >
> > ulimit -v unlimited
> >
> > in the startup script. Or at lest put a warning about this on the release
> > notes.
> >
> > Even better would be to put into the SuSE build service like OpenAxiom
> > have done.  As you can see here:
> >
> > http://software.opensuse.org/search?p=1&baseproject=ALL&q=open-axiom
> >
> > this automatically generates rpms not only for SuSE but also for Fedora,
> > Mandriva, etc.
> >
> > Unfortunately I don't have any skills or knowledge in doing this
> > otherwise I would offer to help.
> >
> > Martin Baker
> >
> >
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