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bitbake base-image keeps croaking

I'm trying to build OE from scratch and keep having problems. The instructions say "Bitbake runs parallel processes when doing the build, the build may fail due to scheduling. Try invoking a second time to see if it continues running past the failure point."

So far, I have had to restart the build dozens of times and it keeps croaking over and over. Is there some way to disable parallel processes, or is there something else I can do to get the build to complete?

I have a Core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM and plenty of disk space running current Arch Linux.

sweisman
04/28/08 08:33:43
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  • Message #15

    Try BB_NUMBER_THREADS in build/conf/local.conf

    There may be other reasons why it may fail. OE downloads files from their original sources (such as sourceforge), so if one if those servers are down it may bring the build to a halt. If lowering the number of threads doesn't help try using bitbake's -k option which will make it try to do as much as possible before giving up.

    I'm still newbie with this stuff myself but I hope that helps.

    Simon Crosby

    simc
    05/01/08 03:20:19
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