[Vm-dev] Errored: OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm#1258 (Cog - 0ce1378)

[Ben Coman]

On 4 April 2018 at 06:52, Travis CI <builds at travis-ci.org> wrote:
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> OpenSmalltalk / opensmalltalk-vm
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> Cog
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> Build #1258 has errored
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> 2 hours, 29 minutes, and 57 seconds
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> Eliot Miranda
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> 0ce1378 CHANGESET →
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> Nuke obsolete files that uploaded VMs to mirandabanda.org

I notice https://travis-ci.org/OpenSmalltalk/opensmalltalk-vm/builds/361820486
shows the failures due to Raspberry Pi are

 1258.38   16 min   Failed in travis_install.sh
 1258.39   49 min   Failed in travis-build.sh = The job exceeded the
maximum time limit for jobs, and has been terminated.
 1258.40   16 min   Failed in travis_install.sh
 1258.41   16 min   Failed in travis_install.sh
 1258.42   49 min   Failed in travis_build.sh = The job exceeded the
maximum time limit for jobs, and has been terminated.
 1258.43   45 min   Success,   travis_install.sh time = 22 minutes,
travis_build.sh = 21 minutes

So over half the builds failed directly due to installing from remote site.
The successful job shows over half the time taken with the install, so
this indirectly causes the two timeout failures.
The install says... "After this operation, 427 MB of additional disk
space will be used".

So I wonder if it wold be useful to have an install-only stage that
tar's itself up to carry forward as an artifact
for a subsequent build-only job to untar & chroot into that artifact ??
This might save 20 minutes per build-only job and give the build more
headroom to succeed.

Also the install-only stage might have some magic to detect a stalled
install before Travis does, and restart it.
And at least it will be very obvious that install failed rather than a build.

cheers -ben