On 2021/08/09 16:25, Dan Book wrote: > > Correct, the only way to affect out of memory errors is by recompiling > Perl with specific options (to reserve a buffer for out-of-memory use) > and then using https://perldoc.perl.org/variables/$%5EM. --- %5EM?...new one on me. > Another option is to use something > like https://metacpan.org/pod/Devel::Trace as a hammer to log > everything that happens up until you run out of memory. > > -Dan ---- Wouldn't that be likely to affect the outcome? Though rt now, I'm seeing a wide variance in fail times (with system memory barely scratched). Just now, I started a D/l of all the sources in my distro -- failed after <100 packages. Restarted, and it completed 44000 packages. such randomness makes for more likely Heisenbugs... Thanks for the ptrs,Thread Previous | Thread Next