Changes between Version 18 and Version 19 of Building/GettingTheSources

Timestamp:

11/08/07 12:11:09 (6 years ago)

Author:

RichardG

Comment:

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Building/GettingTheSources

@@ -48 +48 @@
    $ darcs pull -a
 }}}
- We've had [http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2007-November/013373.html reports] of Darcs crashing in this step with
-{{{
-darcs: getCurrentDirectory: resource exhausted (Too many open files)
-}}}
- If this happens to you, report to `bugs@darcs.net` and work around by pulling 100 patches at a time.[[BR]][[BR]]
+ We've had [http://www.haskell.org/pipermail/glasgow-haskell-users/2007-November/013373.html reports] of Darcs crashing on Mac OS X in this step.  If this happens, see the section on troubleshooting.
  0. Now use the `darcs-all` script to pull patches from all the library repositories, and the testsuite repository:
 {{{
@@ -113 +109 @@
 
 See [wiki:Building/Rebuilding] for how to update your build after pulling patches.
+
+== Troubleshooting ==
+=== Mac OS X ===
+==== getCurrentDirectory: resource exhausted (Too many open files) ====
+By default, Mac OS X limits the number of open files to 256.  This may cause problems when applying patches in step 3 of ''Getting a GHC source tree using darcs'' with darcs 1.0.9.
+
+{{{
+$ darcs pull -a
+Pulling from "http://darcs.haskell.org/ghc"...
+This is the GHC darcs repository (HEAD branch)
+
+For more information, visit the GHC developer wiki at
+  http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc
+**********************
+darcs: getCurrentDirectory: resource exhausted (Too many open files)
+}}}
+
+If this happens, try increasing the number of open files allowed by typing in {{{$ ulimit -n unlimited}}} and try pulling again.  If this fails, close all terminal windows, restart Terminal.app, and try again.
+
+If this still doesn't work, try pulling 100 patches at a time using the {{{darcs pull}}} command (notice the lack of the {{{-a}}} flag).  Hold down 'y' until 100 or so patches are accepted, then hit 'd' to skip the rest; repeat until all patches are applied.  If this fails, try with less than 100 patches at a time (e.g., 50).
+
+This issue has been reported as [http://bugs.darcs.net/issue560 issue 560] in the darcs bug tracking system.