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MurphyG
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2024 6:58 pm    Post subject: Python 3.13.0 ebuild disk space requirements Reply with quote

On a laptop with 8 GB RAM I get the following error for a current world build:

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>>> Failed to emerge dev-lang/python-3.13.0, Log file:

>>>  '/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-3.13.0/temp/build.log'

>>> Running pre-merge checks for sys-kernel/linux-firmware-20241017-r3

>>> Running pre-merge checks for net-libs/nodejs-22.4.1-r1

 * Messages for package dev-lang/python-3.13.0:

 * There is NOT at least 5500 MiB disk space at "/var/tmp/portage/dev-lang/python-3.13.0/temp"
 *
 * Memory or space constraints set in the ebuild were not met!
 * The build will most probably fail, you should:
 * - enhance the memory (reduce MAKEOPTS, add swap), or
 * - add more space
 * as required depending on the failed tests.
 *
 * ERROR: dev-lang/python-3.13.0::gentoo failed (pretend phase):
 *   Build requirements not met!
 *
 * Call stack:
[...]


The maximum size of the /var/tmp FS seems to be calculated automatically:

Code:
$ df /var/tmp
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
tmpfs           3,9G   94M  3,8G   3% /var/tmp


I can probably tweak the size in /etc/fstab, but I'm hesitant, because that might also decrease the available RAM for the actual build process. Also, what would you do on a system with 4 GB of memory or even less; are those supposed to be left behind by Gentoo from now on?

So, is that space actually required to build a recent Python? And what are my options to work around that?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2024 7:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Note that it looks like the requirement is only for USE=pgo or tests. And yeah, I think tmpfs defaults to to 50% of RAM. I would just not use tmpfs if you're low on RAM -- that doesn't mean you're left behind, as you've chosen to put /var/tmp on tmpfs (it's not the default).
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 30, 2024 7:37 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Checking for pgo was a really good hint; getting rid of that use flag would let me build it.

I can't remember why exactly I've made /var/tmp a tmpfs; it was probably either because it was recommended in some Gentoo setup docs, or because I wanted to relieve the SSD from all those write cycles and speed up the build a bit... (Edit: I was probably following https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage_TMPDIR_on_tmpfs back then, and that might have had a different content.) Yes, disabling that at least temporarily would also be a (not favourited) option.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 5:14 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I have a per package fallback to a non-tmpfs build folder as described in the wiki page you linked. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Portage_TMPDIR_on_tmpfs#Per-package_choices_at_compile_time
The examples from the article give a good starting point Is use it for some years already without problems.
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:38 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Good option, thank you!
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