On Thu, 18 Dec 2003, Rankin, SE (Stephen) wrote:
> I got the same error just now for STARJAVA,
>
> Unpacking files from the archive.
>
> storeform2ahdlr: xmalloc: execute_cmd.c:510: cannot allocate 159771854 bytes
> (0
> bytes allocated)
>
> execute_cmd.c is part on bash I think. We could probably try a different
> shell to see if we get the same result.
Hi Steve,
"ash" and "ksh" seem to work under Linux:
% ash starjava_archive
% ksh starjava_archive
still get big (200Mb+), but you don't see the sub-shell memory issue that
Bash has. Perhaps someone with a less well configured machine should try
this before it becomes standard advice.
Ash is a Bourne Shell (like the scripts) so we should probably recommend
that for best compatibility.
Peter.
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