[fpc-devel] Build failure in FPC Build repository

[Michael Van Canneyt]

On Fri, 3 Nov 2023, Maxim Ganetsky via fpc-devel wrote:

> 03.11.2023 17:05, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel пишет:
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 3 Nov 2023, Maxim Ganetsky via fpc-devel wrote:
>>
>>> Hello.
>>>
>>> Currently builds in FPC Build repository are failing for FPC main 
>>> branch:
>>>
>>> https://gitlab.com/freepascal.org/fpc/build/-/pipelines
>>
>> I am aware. I cannot build the docs myself.
>>
>> The problem is:
>>
>> Recently the documentation became too big for pdfLaTeX to handle, too 
>> many
>> identifiers. (well over 2500 pages)
>>
>> I have not (yet) found a way to increase TexLive's memory bounds.
>> I am investigating this but it seems save_size is stuck at a value of 
>> 80000.
>>
>> So unless I find a solution, either I need to split up the docs, or 
>> completely abandon the idea of PDF docs for the API reference.
>>
>> For the moment, simply disable the building of the PDF docs.
> The problem is, in our CI we rely on precompiled FPC snapshot TAR 
> installers in order to save time when updating an image. So no new 
> installer, no new FPC.

Well, all I can say is that I am looking into it.

Till a solution is found, you'll need to be patient...

Michael.