307699 - Diagnose XULRunner build hangs on columbia

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Webtools Graveyard :: Tinderbox, defect)

Description

[Chris Cooper [:coop] (he/him)]

The XULRunner build is hanging repeatedly on columbia.

All current software and security updates have already been applied.

The process listing shows only the tinderbox process itself and a single
'(gnumake)' process with no arguments.

The build log for the build in progress (not uploaded to tinderbox) ends with
the 'rm' commands for removing the pkg-dmg files.

Note that the release build immediately prior to this build completed successfully:
http://tinderbox.mozilla.org/showlog.cgi?log=XULRunner/1126131780.4160.gz&fulltext=1

Comment 1

[Chris Cooper [:coop] (he/him)]

Installed ccache on columbia.

Comment 2

[Chris Cooper [:coop] (he/him)]

I've made two changes of note:

1.) I've updated make using fink (3.7.9 -> 3.7.9.1).

2.) While using fink, I noticed the warning that the installed version of gcc
(3.3, build 1666) was known to produce bad code from c++ in some cases. I
upgrade gcc using the November 2004 gcc 3.3 updater from connect.apple.com. If
other machines need the same fix, the disk image for the updater is on mecha at
/home/ccooper/software_for_tinderboxen/november2004gccupdater_7k579.dmg.

XR builds are churning out now. I'll leave this open for now while I make sure
things are truly fixed.

Comment 3

[Chris Cooper [:coop] (he/him)]

columbia has been pretty stable since the XCode and java security update on 2005-09-19 (no reboots required).

Comment 4

[Benjamin Smedberg]

This has started happening consistently again.

Comment 5

[Chris Cooper [:coop] (he/him)]

We're going to be shuffling the Mac builds around now that columbia has been reimaged. I will reopen this if the reimaged machine still has problems.