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hugsie

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Registered: 2018-01-26

Posts: 46

can i limit memory usage of makepkg ?

When compiling the ungoogled chromium package the oom process kicks in and my system becomes rather irresponsive after a while. Is there a way to limit the memory usage of that process?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: can i limit memory usage of makepkg ?

Not really. Unless you do single threaded compilation and want to wait ages. The "best" thing to do here is get yourself some swap and let it run over a period of time where you aren't actively using the computer. Or in the case like this use prebuilt packages.

Last edited by V1del (2021-12-10 14:38:09)

hugsie

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Registered: 2018-01-26

Posts: 46

Re: can i limit memory usage of makepkg ?

meh, thats a bummer. thanks.