Re: ampere1 (135/142 arm64/armv7 quarterly builder) has crashed trying to build 142arm64-quarterly 5 times in a row, 22:47:33 to 69:32:54 reported elapsed

> On 23. Aug 2025, at 06:28, Mark Millard <marklmi@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> Crashes on ampere1 have been an issue for months. And
> not just 142arm64-quarterly. 134arm64 and 134releng-armv7
> were past examples.
Any idea why there are crashing? Are core dumps available?

Best regards
Michael
> 
> Most evidence related to crashes is not publicly
> available, so far as I know.
> 
> ampere1 is now trying a 6th time for 142arm64-quarterly,
> but this time only having 8948 to build of 10782 queued.
> So: significantly less queued so it has a better chance
> of finishing the specific build.
> 
> Note: the 6 attempts updated the ports tree between
> attempts.
> 
> Unlike some past problems, I've not noticed any obvious
> patterns across what was listed at the times of the
> crashes. That would suggest not being a problem with
> any specific port-package or type of port-package. If
> so, the issue may be too rare to readily investigate
> and difficult to produce in a development context.
> 
> Yet is preventing timely quarterly port-package
> distribution for aarch64 (tier 1), not just armv7.
> 
> So what does FreeBSD do in such cases when a tier 1
> platform (aarch64) is involved?
> 
> 
> Note: I'm not aware of such crash problems for:
> 
> ) ampere3 (135/142 arm64/armv7 latest builder)
> ) ampere2 (   main arm64/armv7 latest builder)
> 
> It is not obvious to me why quarterly would be a
> significant difference and that might suggest
> ampere1 itself is contributing to the failures,
> not just the software.
> 
> 
> ===
> Mark Millard
> marklmi at yahoo.com
> 
>