Bug#453710: [Pbuilder-maint] Bug#453710: [patch] kill the build if the memory/disk is low

[Ondrej Certik]

Hi,

On Dec 26, 2007 12:14 PM, Junichi Uekawa <dancer at netfort.gr.jp> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> > we need a feature to kill the build if the free disk (or memory) space is running low.
> > I am attaching a preliminary patch, that implements this feature, it applies cleanly
> > against the pbuilder in unstable (and also against the git version).
> >
> > Documentation needs to be written, but before I do so, I wanted to check if
> > you'd accept such a patch at all. What do you think about it?
> >
> > If you like it, I'll polish it some more, include documentation and send a new patch.
> > If you don't like it - what is the right way to get this feature in pbuilder?
>
>
> I have a few questions.
>
> Does this patch work?  Will it leave some processes around?

It worked at the time I posted the patch, and it didn't leave some
processes around. But I agree that
it's fragile.

>
> I am a bit worried that using ulimit and filesystem quota might
> satisfy the requirements more easily and be much simpler to implement.

So you propose to leave pbuilder as is, but implement this in the code
calling pbuilder? I.e.
to set ulimit and filesystem quota? CCing to Goneri, who uses this in
svnbuildstat, to
tell us his opinion on this.

Ondrej