From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Greg Sylvain" To: "Bart Schaefer" , zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk Message-ID: <8525670D.0062A58D.00@lnserver.landmark.com> Date: Wed, 3 Feb 1999 13:09:29 -0500 Subject: Re: Problem w/ ulimit killing compiles on sol 2.4&2.6 ... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailing-List: 2071 Hi, Thanks for the quick reply... comments interposed with original message ... "Bart Schaefer" on 02/03/99 12:54:13 PM To: Greg Sylvain/LSC, zsh-users@sunsite.auc.dk cc: Subject: Re: Problem w/ ulimit killing compiles on sol 2.4&2.6 ... On Feb 3, 12:38pm, Greg Sylvain wrote: > } Subject: Problem w/ ulimit killing compiles on sol 2.4&2.6 ... > } > } I'm running zsh 3.0.5 on a Solaris 2.4 and 2.6 machine, while attempting to > } build a large C++ application with gcc -2.7.2.1 the compile exits > } prematurly after attempting to link the resulting objects. > I presume you get some kind of error message that leads you to believe > this is a limits problem? nop. just an assumption on my part. Sorry 'bout that, didn't mean to mislead people. Anything else come to mind ? > } When I got to a fresh ksh with nothing int he evnironment, I'm able to > } build and link the program just fine. > > Some versions of Sun operating systems have problems executing processes > if there's too much stuff in the environment. I'd be surprised if Sol 2.6 > was still susceptible, but it's possible. You don't use `setopt allexport` > in zsh or anything silly like that, do you? > Sol 2.6 has the same problem, it *may* build the smaller test program along the way to linking the final huge executable, but compiling and linking fails on both OSs, eventually. The errors that I get from the links are duplicate symbols in different libraries that use the same part of the STL (i.e. duplicate vector class,etc.). > } My question is why is this happening and how can I fix it? (I have 24 > } directories in my PATH!) What contributes to this limit problem and is > } there any way to increase the limit any more.. > > Have you tried the `unlimit` command (note the "n") which with no argument > should increase all limits to their maximum allowed values? No I haven't. I'm trying it now. I'll let you know the results... Thanks, greg -- Bart Schaefer Brass Lantern Enterprises http://www.well.com/user/barts http://www.brasslantern.com