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From: Csepp <raingloom@riseup.net>
To: Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com>
Cc: dannym@scratchpost.org, 39813@debbugs.gnu.org,
	39813-done@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#39813: Running Guix in a Virtual Machine - says 1 GB RAM is enough, but it isn't for guix pull
Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2022 18:58:58 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87lesx7xsx.fsf@riseup.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <877d4h159j.fsf@gmail.com>


Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Danny,
>
> Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> writes:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I just got a report that with Guix in a virtual Machine (like described in the
>> manual in 8.16), guix pull does not actually work[1] with 1 GB of RAM.
>> It does work fine with 4 GB of RAM.
>
> I don't see any reference of 1 GiB being enough in our current version
> of the manual.  If you do, please let me know.
>
> Closing for now.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Maxim

I think it's enough if you only use a single core.
If any guix operations goes out of memory, add --cores=1.
So: guix pull --cores=1




  reply	other threads:[~2022-07-13 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 6+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-02-27 20:06 bug#39813: Running Guix in a Virtual Machine - says 1 GB RAM is enough, but it isn't for guix pull Danny Milosavljevic
2022-07-13 14:00 ` Maxim Cournoyer
2022-07-13 16:58   ` Csepp [this message]
2022-07-13 17:21     ` Julien Lepiller
2022-07-13 20:00       ` Liliana Marie Prikler
2022-07-14 12:50         ` Csepp

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