>> This is current/amd64. Unlike in previous versions, >> some memory-heavy processes (such as in building some >> big port) get killed with >> >> UVM: pid 11422 (cc1plus), uid 0 killed: out of swap >> >> On this machine, I have _no_ swap. However, the machine has >> 1G RAM, and most of it is free in the moment this happens. >> >> In fact, occasionaly, spawning a new xterm fails like this, >> even if there is nothing else happening and there is nearly >> 1G of free RAM. >> >> Has something changed in this respect? >> Do I _have_ to have swap? > > 1G of ram is definitely not enough to build large ports on amd64. > Everything mozilla-related, for instance, goes up to 2G and more > while linking. >
I ran into /etc/login.conf limits of datasize = 512M way before hitting any other limit, so is that bumped?