----- Original Message ----- > Build folk, > > As a result of these two changesets now in tl/langtools, we can now > reduce the memory requirements for javadoc in > (root)common/makefiles/javadoc/Javadoc.gmk. > > changeset: 1678:3f3cc8d3f13c > tag: tip > user: jjg > date: Mon Apr 08 11:57:37 2013 -0700 > summary: 8011677: EndPosTables should avoid hidden references to Parser > > changeset: 1677:b402b93cbe38 > user: jjg > date: Mon Apr 08 11:54:26 2013 -0700 > summary: 8011676: Instances of Tokens.Comment should not be defined > in inner classes > > > I have done builds with the memory limited to 512m, down from 1024m. I > did try further, with 384m, but that was too much of a reduction. > > $ hg diff > diff -r 11c057460b91 common/makefiles/javadoc/Javadoc.gmk > --- a/common/makefiles/javadoc/Javadoc.gmk Fri Apr 05 14:49:54 2013 -0700 > +++ b/common/makefiles/javadoc/Javadoc.gmk Tue Apr 09 18:42:37 2013 -0700 > @@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ > BUILD_NUMBER=$(JDK_BUILD_NUMBER) > > JAVADOC_CMD = $(JAVA) \ > - -Xmx1024m \ > + -Xmx512m \ > -Djava.awt.headless=true \ > $(NEW_JAVADOC) \ > -bootclasspath $(JDK_OUTPUTDIR)/classes > > -- Jon >
I'd be wary of changing this because, in my experience, it varies depending on VM and architecture. What was tested for these figures? -- Andrew :) Free Java Software Engineer Red Hat, Inc. (http://www.redhat.com) PGP Key: 248BDC07 (https://keys.indymedia.org/) Fingerprint = EC5A 1F5E C0AD 1D15 8F1F 8F91 3B96 A578 248B DC07
