[Nix-dev] nix out of memory

[stewart mackenzie]

Hello,

We are starting to get this more often:

[1] denis at denis> nix-build --argstr debug true --argstr subnet
development_test --show-trace


~/fractalide/fractalide
warning: dumping very large path (> 256 MiB); this may run out of memory
error: while evaluating the attribute 'configurePhase' of the
derivation 'development_test' at
/home/denis/fractalide/fractalide/fvm/fvm/default.nix:5:5:
while evaluating the attribute 'configurePhase' at
/home/denis/fractalide/fractalide/fvm/fvm/default.nix:8:5:
while evaluating the attribute 'src' of the derivation
'ui_conrod_window' at
/home/denis/fractalide/fractalide/components/ui/conrod/window/default.nix:35:5:
Nix daemon out of memory

What is the reason for dumping a very large path (> 256MiB)?

I cannot reproduce this on my machine.

The machine in question is a hp compaq 8510p, 2 gb ram

We're using the unstable channel.

/sjm