On Sun, Mar 16, 2003 at 05:48:12PM -0600, Debian Bug Tracking System wrote: > At Sun, 16 Mar 2003 14:10:16 +0000, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Package: libc6 > > Version: 2.2.5-11.2 > > > > The localedef utility (as run by locale-gen) uses an extremely large amount > > of memory. This means it takes a very long time to run on machines without > > very much RAM (48MB in this case), and my SPARCstation actually ran totally > > out of memory so localedef was killed by the OOM-killer before it could > > finish... > > > > Here's a ps snapshot: > > USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND > > root 18243 6.9 34.5 41852 13992 pts/7 D 13:41 0:39 localedef -i en_GB > > -c -f UTF-8 en_GB.UTF-8 > > > > Note the ludicrous VSZ. > > > > (I dunno, maybe this should be wishlist, but since it's actually bad > > enough that I can't add extra locales on this SPARC box I'll leave it > > at normal severity.) > > So add more memory or add swap or reduce processes consuming memory.
Huh? That's got to be the lamest bug-closing message I've seen in years. All the world is not a PC. Adding memory is not the answer. Localedef is a ridiculous CPU/memory hog; it should and probably can be fixed. -- Daniel Jacobowitz MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
