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On May 3, 4:54 am, Aron <[email protected]> wrote:
> To answer my own question, I seem to be running into the issue alluded
> to here:
>
> http://www.cocoabuilder.com/archive/message/xcode/2008/8/1/23833
>
> When Xcode is building the cross-reference index, it makes a lot of
> calls to 'lstat'. Some of these calls are for relative paths beginning
> with 'net/', such as 'net/base'. If this relative path does not exist,
> lstat seems to launch a DNS query for the bit that comes after 'net/',
> such as, in this example, 'base'.
>
> The DNS proxy running on my horrible, vile, spawn-of-satan D-Link
> router returns a 'server fail' response to this query after a
> significant delay. This delay appears to be responsible for the hangs
> in Xcode. Why this DNS query is launched is a mystery to me.
> Presumably it's some sort of shortcut for looking up network resources
> that's being inadvertently invoked here. A simple test program making
> a similar call to lstat doesn't give the same result.
>
> Workaround: disconnect from the network while the cross-ref database
> is being built. Once it's done, Xcode behaves well enough with the
> network connected.
>
> On May 3, 8:58 pm, Aron <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > I downloaded and built the source on my Mac per the instructions, and
> > had no troubles. When I try to browse around the source, though, XCode
> > quickly hangs, giving me the SBBOD. If I leave it running, it will
> > periodically become responsive, but before I'm able to do anything,
> > it's back to its old hanging tricks again. My assumption is that the
> > sheer bulk of the code is giving it fits.
>
> > The only console log messages I see are a series of memory-management-
> > related warnings that don't seem terribly relevant:
> > Xcode(29464,0xb0103000) malloc: free_garbage: garbage ptr = 0x6ac9c00,
> > has non-zero refcount = 1
>
> > Has anybody had similar issues? Any suggestions?
>
> > I'm running on a new-model MacBook Pro with plenty of RAM and HD
> > space. I'm on Xcode 3.1.2.
>
> > Cheers,
> > Aron
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