From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Chris Marusich Subject: Re: upgrading systems with <= 2 GiB RAM Date: Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:32:24 -0800 Message-ID: <87sgmt1zqf.fsf@gmail.com> References: <20191031155420.78fab93a@gfi063209.klientdrift.uib.no> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:48356) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1iUNqv-0006GX-Ft for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:32:30 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iUNqu-0003Uo-CI for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:32:29 -0500 Received: from mail-pl1-x636.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4864:20::636]:46797) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1iUNqu-0003Ug-6X for help-guix@gnu.org; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 23:32:28 -0500 Received: by mail-pl1-x636.google.com with SMTP id l4so8794521plt.13 for ; Mon, 11 Nov 2019 20:32:28 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <20191031155420.78fab93a@gfi063209.klientdrift.uib.no> (Marco van Hulten's message of "Thu, 31 Oct 2019 15:54:20 +0100") List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-guix-bounces+gcggh-help-guix=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Help-Guix" To: Marco van Hulten Cc: help-guix@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Marco van Hulten writes: > Hello=E2=80=94 > > 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)? > > =E2=80=94Marco 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". =2D-=20 Chris --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEy/WXVcvn5+/vGD+x3UCaFdgiRp0FAl3KNdgACgkQ3UCaFdgi Rp0D8BAApQAZnK8++B9qo/ZNcLVVOaMLGBfRpcajSOO4O7XwRumWYlXhf7x/qPPR CVUd+raNuGoo13W900Mvcb1Z8LOfqWOYIbGIjALEySoHcCse7pXBXsxhoTyUlBfN BAG2vae5ALFaffTauPDeEz8jtpzpKF05GdUHvHcnhLdgtmPzKTGHxozpa4Y/ON2R fPD+56gRjfIln+6w22z+OI7JSWbRgoMB9pLENohDzqG1UIRn6ZR/+n58JB4yFfkO tYdnoNlTmXmBZKc6ywJopHfqdxH10OpmTDENxPfzXn9Ob/RX0PpWTZuJJkpmy4d+ kBbFHdM4mRD/d5KE4sGLx8ugBdLN7z2f6SvMXXkqkDcjA8VK/+QsOHyTF3hGrxR3 7BhaeqISUGLH9eC/07kduuz9E14NA74syHI2ztwOBjf0ejm2fseF9uWwmu5zUnDX wTxSpmuS8xAMk2qLup9tpFO8MK2AFgKCZH/9oCjNSUid2/NBygJPYbUryLJKL012 ONL6N5iX0yFRXrBY/GcRT3Nmh0CMyR2QKl8veHoi5F9cS+hTIrzNrr+EzBGkQEZs 8LkVH5U1DcrbbWx5pFz5S0tGRMXKUx5rlDRQbsYD6AsPGcOaTITIFu0YHtAiwgeP w/NAIY4nMxu/Ej6T249Y+Ee5awSSoo3snhzE4XpDwpGsMIaPwsA= =r3Yk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--