[Pkg-scicomp-devel] Bug#467327: arpack: Kills the buildds.

[Kurt Roeckx]

Package: arpack
Version: 2.1+parpack96-1
Severity: grave

Hi,

It seems your package is starting lots of make processes.  The log file
ends with:
make[6534]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96'
( cd /build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96//BLAS; /usr/bin/make clean )
make[6535]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96/BLAS'
Makefile:69: warning: overriding commands for target `.f.o'
../ARmake.inc:96: warning: ignoring old commands for target `.f.o'
rm -f *.o a.out core
make[6535]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96/BLAS'
( cd /build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96//LAPACK; /usr/bin/make clean )
make[6535]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96/LAPACK'
Makefile:91: warning: overriding commands for target `.f.o'
../ARmake.inc:96: warning: ignoring old commands for target `.f.o'
rm -f *.o a.out core
make[6535]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96/LAPACK'
( cd /build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96//UTIL; /usr/bin/make clean )
make[6535]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96/UTIL'
Makefile:47: warning: overriding commands for target `.f.o'
../ARmake.inc:96: warning: ignoring old commands for target `.f.o'
rm -f *.a *.o a.out core
make[6535]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96/UTIL'
( cd /build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96//SRC; /usr/bin/make clean )
make[6535]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96/SRC'
Makefile:50: warning: overriding commands for target `.f.o'
../ARmake.inc:96: warning: ignoring old commands for target `.f.o'
rm -f *.a *.o a.out core
make[6535]: Leaving directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96/SRC'
( cd ; /usr/bin/make clean )
/bin/sh: line 0: cd: /home/buildd: No such file or directory
make[6535]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96'
( cd /build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96//BLAS; /usr/bin/make clean )
make[6536]: Entering directory `/build/buildd/arpack-2.1+parpack96/BLAS'
Makefile:69: warning: overriding commands for target `.f.o'
../ARmake.inc:96: warning: ignoring old commands for target `.f.o'

With other words, it recursivly called make 6536 times so far, creating an
OOM condition, and the kernel of course does not pick the process to kill.


Note that $HOME does not exist on most buildds.


Kurt