Michael W Lucas Feb 2

Default vm-bhyve template for #freebsd has 256MB RAM.

The installer dies silently trying to fetch pkgbase packages.

2GB works.

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@mwl this is a bug which is in mt TODO to fix
Feb 5 at 5:55amTusky
Show threadMichael W Lucas Feb 5

@_bapt_ cool, ty!

found that 350MB works.

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@mwl I have managed to already divide by 2 the amount of memory necessary to install FreeBSD-src package (the memory peak highly depends on the number of files).
Show threadMichael W Lucas Feb 5

@_bapt_

yay, ty!

(I still say running ZFS on 256 MB is daft at best, but reducing memory is good.)

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@mwl after this change: https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/commit/83243c7894afd319f009cc9135cc461767deea35 and thanks to #valgrind's massif tool, in a reference jail I used with LOTS of packages (including many package with plenty of files) the maximum memory peak for a pkg upgrade went from 1.4GB down to 199MB!
memory: drastically reduce memory usage · freebsd/pkg@83243c7

When dealing with packages containing plenty of fiels pkg could end up consuming lots of memory. After those changes a reference large setup jail upgrade, (base and ports) when from consuming a pea...

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@_bapt_ excellent, well done!
Show threadEd W8EMVFeb 5

@_bapt_ @mwl

fight against high memory prices by optimizing for memory-constrained usage!

Show threadGraham PerrinFeb 5

@_bapt_ thanks. <https://github.com/freebsd/pkg/issues/2578>, yes?

Cc @mwl

Excessive memory usage in pkg 2.4.2 · Issue #2578 · freebsd/pkg

I'm currently trying to upgrade to FreeBSD 15. pkg upgrade keeps getting killed by the OS for using too much memory. See attached screenshots. Note that there's nothing else running on the system. ...

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@mwl @grahamperrin yes this is hopefully adressed