Re: upgrading systems with <= 2 GiB RAM
Marco van Hulten writes: > Hello— > > I have an oldish amd64 system with 2 GiB of memory, but it is fast > enough to use as a media center. Guix was last updated early this > year. Upgrading it now takes many days. It keeps on swapping (using > quite consistently 2 of 4 GiB of swap available). > > Do you think the swapping is the reason that it takes so long? > > Would it be a general strong advice to use more than 2 GiB, or is it > likely useful to give details like which program is compiling (as in a > proper bug report)? > > —Marco If you wind up compiling things, it will likely fail on larger builds. For example, my old machine which has 2 GB of RAM fails when trying to compile IceCat. I suppose the only possible solution is to always use pre-built binaries, either by using substitutes or by building first on a machine with more memory, and then copying the results over via "guix copy" or "guix archive". -- Chris signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrading systems with <= 2 GiB RAM
Marco van Hulten writes: > Marius— > > Je 31 okt 23:49 skribis Marius: >> Marco van Hulten writes: >> >> > I have an oldish amd64 system with 2 GiB of memory, but it is fast >> > enough to use as a media center. Guix was last updated early this >> > year. Upgrading it now takes many days. It keeps on swapping (using >> > quite consistently 2 of 4 GiB of swap available). >> > >> > Do you think the swapping is the reason that it takes so long? >> > >> > Would it be a general strong advice to use more than 2 GiB, or is it >> > likely useful to give details like which program is compiling (as in a >> > proper bug report)? >> >> Ideally you should not have to compile anything. Have you authorized >> the ci.guix.gnu.org signing key? > > I did not authorize that signing key. Now that I have, upgrading the > system and installing packages goes much faster. Glad it worked! It would be ideal if Guix printed a warning when using a substitute server whose signing key is not authorized. Any volunteers? :-) signature.asc Description: PGP signature
Re: upgrading systems with <= 2 GiB RAM
Marius— Je 31 okt 23:49 skribis Marius: > Marco van Hulten writes: > > > I have an oldish amd64 system with 2 GiB of memory, but it is fast > > enough to use as a media center. Guix was last updated early this > > year. Upgrading it now takes many days. It keeps on swapping (using > > quite consistently 2 of 4 GiB of swap available). > > > > Do you think the swapping is the reason that it takes so long? > > > > Would it be a general strong advice to use more than 2 GiB, or is it > > likely useful to give details like which program is compiling (as in a > > proper bug report)? > > Ideally you should not have to compile anything. Have you authorized > the ci.guix.gnu.org signing key? I did not authorize that signing key. Now that I have, upgrading the system and installing packages goes much faster. Thanks for this! —Marco
Re: upgrading systems with <= 2 GiB RAM
Marco van Hulten writes: > Hello— > > I have an oldish amd64 system with 2 GiB of memory, but it is fast > enough to use as a media center. Guix was last updated early this > year. Upgrading it now takes many days. It keeps on swapping (using > quite consistently 2 of 4 GiB of swap available). > > Do you think the swapping is the reason that it takes so long? > > Would it be a general strong advice to use more than 2 GiB, or is it > likely useful to give details like which program is compiling (as in a > proper bug report)? Ideally you should not have to compile anything. Have you authorized the ci.guix.gnu.org signing key? signature.asc Description: PGP signature
upgrading systems with <= 2 GiB RAM
Hello— I have an oldish amd64 system with 2 GiB of memory, but it is fast enough to use as a media center. Guix was last updated early this year. Upgrading it now takes many days. It keeps on swapping (using quite consistently 2 of 4 GiB of swap available). Do you think the swapping is the reason that it takes so long? Would it be a general strong advice to use more than 2 GiB, or is it likely useful to give details like which program is compiling (as in a proper bug report)? —Marco
