On 2006-05-05 at 03:43:06 [+0200], Greg Crain <gsc70@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > I haven't been able to build Haiku on my computer in ages. I have all > the tools that are listed in the Developer section of the website. > gcc version 2.95.3-beos-041202, w/ the optional stuff > Jam 2.5rc3. OS=BEOS. Copyright 1993-2002 Christopher Seiwald. > rc > > ran > ./configure --target=haiku > jam -q haiku-image > > it compiles for a little while, but it always aborts with a: > MergeObjectFromObjects1 actions too long (max 10240)! > Even a 'jam Pulse' gives the error. > > So, I recently did a completely clean install of BeOS Pro 5.0.3 on a > different computer, all the build tools, and did a fresh checkout. > Same thing. I even tried on Zeta, same thing. You need to build the included jam from source and place it in your bin. I think it is in src/tools/jam, but I could be confused. See the mail archive in that case, because this one has come up earlier. > 2nd problem I have, unrelated. My computer had 768MB memory and a > 128MB video card. It seemed to run okay, but it would KDL in the > middle of a checkout. Can't clone area, or something like that (When > I lowered the memory to 512MB, it worked okay.). I tried to delete > the incomplete directory, but now I have folders that I cannot delete. > They are stuck in the trash. Nothing I tried will delete them. No > luck. open a Terminal and type (be CAREFUL)! cd Desktop/Trash forcerm * Hope this helps + best regards, -Stephan