o Instead of copying the "virtual memory exhausted" warning for each

individual port, introduce a new variable for bsd.port.mk, VMEM_WARNING.
By setting this variable to `Yes', the user is given a warning about the
virtual memory requirements just before the pre-build stage.
o Also give some examples for different shells for what to do about
it, and mention login.conf(5). bash, for example, has a confusing
-v flag to ulimit.
o Document this in bsd.port.mk.5
espie@ ok

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5 b/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
index c15c00359e7..b2731e7e591 100644
--- a/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
+++ b/share/man/man5/bsd.port.mk.5
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk.5,v 1.55 2001/10/07 11:36:09 espie Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: bsd.port.mk.5,v 1.56 2001/11/11 13:57:31 heko Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 2000 Marc Espie
 .\"
@@ -1020,6 +1020,13 @@ The
 .Sq any
 setting creates an extra flavor choice of 
 .Sq lesstif .
+.It Ev VMEM_WARNING
+Set to 
+.Sq Yes 
+if the port requires a lot of memory to compile, and the user is
+likely to see a message like 
+.Qq virtual memory exhausted
+with the default process limits.
 .It Ev XMKMF
 Invocation of xmkmf for CONFIGURE_STYLE=imake port.
 Defaults to xmkf -a -DPorts.