From: UnixOS2 Archive To: "UnixOS2 Archive" Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 04:27:18 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [UnixOS2_Archive] No. 230 ************************************************** Friday 31 May 2002 Number 230 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Perl 5.8.0 RC1 announced : John Poltorak 2 Re: Perl v5.8.0 : Lyn St George" 3 Re: Perl v5.8.0 : Christian Hennecke" 4 Re: Perl v5.8.0 : Lyn St George" 5 Re: Perl v5.8.0 : John Poltorak 6 Building BZIP2 with OpenWatcom : John Poltorak **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 10:28:14 +0100 From: John Poltorak Subject: Perl 5.8.0 RC1 announced The announcement for Perl 5.8.0 RC1 is available here:- http://www.iki.fi/jhi/5.8.0-RC1-anno I'm told that I should expect to get a 100% pass rate for the test scripts, since this is normal for most platforms, so, please let me know what sort of problems you do get, or even better report them directly to the perl5-porters mailing list:- -- John **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 12:31:17 +0000 From: "Lyn St George" Subject: Re: Perl v5.8.0 On Fri, 31 May 2002 19:55:57 -0800, Dave and Natalie wrote: >On Fri, 31 May 2002 14:35:47 +0000, Patrick Ash wrote: > >>I find that this is a problem after building a number of packages. To >>remedy, I use unimaint here, >> >>tools -> ini file maintenance -> repair all file handles >> >>Seems to work fine. I am not sure if there is a similar utility on >>hobbes for download. > >Checkini and cleanini are both on Hobbes and work well. Perhaps just resetting the WPS would fix Lynns problem. >Dave I ran checkini on it yesterday, with many things fixed (despite having done this just a week ago) but no fix for this particular problem. I'm only guessing that it's filehandles - the problem only shows itself with GNU apps (sh, rm, gcc ... ) and describes itself as ".. lack of memory .. ". I really hate having to reboot just to be able to use GNU stuff again. >On Fri, 31 May 2002 13:09:20 +0000, Lyn St George wrote: > >>The previous one, perl at 16816.tgz, died a horrible death. >>Trying this one, I've just run into this problem again: >> >>"f:/usr/bin/sh.exe: ./try: Not enough memory >>The program compiled OK, but exited with status 1. >>You have a problem. Shall I abort Configure [y] >>Ok. Stopping Configure." >> >>The machine currently has 28Mb freed up (after stopping >>Apache and perl) and it appears to be filehandles >>rather than memory causing this problem. >>Config.sys has: >>SET emxopt=-c -n -h6072 -!0x800 >>threads=3047 >> >>The only cure I currently know is to reboot, which is stupid. >>Is there anything else I can do to cure this? > > > - Cheers Lyn St George +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + http://www.zolotek.net .. eCommerce hosting, consulting + http://www.os2docs.org .. some 'How To' stuff ... +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 14:00:26 +0200 (CEST) From: "Christian Hennecke" Subject: Re: Perl v5.8.0 On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 12:31:17 +0000, Lyn St George wrote: >I ran checkini on it yesterday, with many things fixed (despite >having done this just a week ago) but no fix for this particular >problem. > >I'm only guessing that it's filehandles - the problem only shows >itself with GNU apps (sh, rm, gcc ... ) and describes itself >as ".. lack of memory .. ". I really hate having to reboot just >to be able to use GNU stuff again. I had the same problem. I started with FP 13 on Warp 4. If you are also running Java applications, be sure to add SET JAVA_HIGH_MEMORY=1 to CONFIG.SYS. DLLBASING=OFF might also help. Christian Hennecke **= Email 4 ==========================** Date: Sat, 01 Jun 2002 15:59:02 +0000 From: "Lyn St George" Subject: Re: Perl v5.8.0 On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 14:00:26 +0200 (CEST), Christian Hennecke wrote: >On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 12:31:17 +0000, Lyn St George wrote: > >>I ran checkini on it yesterday, with many things fixed (despite >>having done this just a week ago) but no fix for this particular >>problem. >> >>I'm only guessing that it's filehandles - the problem only shows >>itself with GNU apps (sh, rm, gcc ... ) and describes itself >>as ".. lack of memory .. ". I really hate having to reboot just >>to be able to use GNU stuff again. > >I had the same problem. I started with FP 13 on Warp 4. If you are also >running Java applications, be sure to add SET JAVA_HIGH_MEMORY=1 to >CONFIG.SYS. DLLBASING=OFF might also help. Hmmm ... come to think of it, this might have started after changing from fp 6 to fp 12. (Though fp 13 is the start of the converged kernel code ..) Anyway, I'll try both of these suggestions and see how it goes. Thanks. >Christian Hennecke > > > - Cheers Lyn St George +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + http://www.zolotek.net .. eCommerce hosting, consulting + http://www.os2docs.org .. some 'How To' stuff ... +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 5 ==========================** Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 16:16:38 +0100 From: John Poltorak Subject: Re: Perl v5.8.0 On Sat, Jun 01, 2002 at 03:59:02PM +0000, Lyn St George wrote: > On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 14:00:26 +0200 (CEST), Christian Hennecke wrote: > > >On Sat, 01 Jun 2002 12:31:17 +0000, Lyn St George wrote: > > > >>I ran checkini on it yesterday, with many things fixed (despite > >>having done this just a week ago) but no fix for this particular > >>problem. > >> > >>I'm only guessing that it's filehandles - the problem only shows > >>itself with GNU apps (sh, rm, gcc ... ) and describes itself > >>as ".. lack of memory .. ". I really hate having to reboot just > >>to be able to use GNU stuff again. > > > >I had the same problem. I started with FP 13 on Warp 4. If you are also > >running Java applications, be sure to add SET JAVA_HIGH_MEMORY=1 to > >CONFIG.SYS. DLLBASING=OFF might also help. > > Hmmm ... come to think of it, this might have started after changing from > fp 6 to fp 12. (Though fp 13 is the start of the converged kernel code ..) > > Anyway, I'll try both of these suggestions and see how it goes. Thanks. I can't help thinking this is part of a wild goose chase... I don't have any of the settings mentioned but it runs without memory problems. In any case couldn't you try changing the environment of the session in which you are currentlt trying to build Perl? Like you, I hate rebooting and do not like to set variables in CONFIG.SYS unless I absolutely have to. > >Christian Hennecke > > > > > > > > - > Cheers > Lyn St George > +--------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > + http://www.zolotek.net .. eCommerce hosting, consulting > + http://www.os2docs.org .. some 'How To' stuff ... > +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- John **= Email 6 ==========================** Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 19:48:00 +0100 From: John Poltorak Subject: Building BZIP2 with OpenWatcom I heard it ws fairly straightforward building BZIP2 with OpenWatcom... Has anyone tried it? It would be interesting to see how it compares against one built with gcc. -- John