[fpc-devel] Build failure in FPC Build repository

[Maxim Ganetsky]

03.11.2023 17:34, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel пишет:
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> 
> On Fri, 3 Nov 2023, Maxim Ganetsky via fpc-devel wrote:
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>> 03.11.2023 17:05, Michael Van Canneyt via fpc-devel пишет:
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>>>
>>> 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...

Is there any estimation how much will it take to be fixed?

If it will take too long, I would like to suggest to temporarily disable 
generation of documentation in order to have binary snapshots available 
again.

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Best regards,
  Maxim Ganetsky                  mailto:ganmax at narod.ru