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 > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Axiom-developer mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer > _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
