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Topic: complex dsl vs uci, choosing which way to go

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softgun

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Posted: Feb. 11 2005,11:41

Please tell me how to setup a dsl which has to be "started" to work. I had this problem wih the postgresql dsl I made, where I have to start the postgresql postmaster to get it to work. When I try, the system crashes.

Is there a limit to the size in bites to a dsl? Is a dsl of 10MB too big? Do large apps have to be in uci format? Any size limit which defines which mode to go for? dsl tar.gz or uci?

ke4nt1

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Posted: Feb. 11 2005,13:43

There are many .dsl and .tar.gz files that are way over 10MB's in the repository.
The only limiting factor is the amount of ramspace you have available to run them.
When extensions get to be upwards of +400MB's in size,
it's best to try to build them into a .uci format, just to save ramspace, unless
your box is loaded with a couple o' GB's of ramsticks, and you just don't care.

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ke4nt

softgun

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Posted: Feb. 13 2005,14:30

Quote (ke4nt1 @ Feb. 11 2005,08:43)

When extensions get to be upwards of +400MB's in size,
it's best to try to build them into a .uci format, just to save ramspace, unless
your box is loaded with a couple o' GB's of ramsticks, and you just don't care.

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ke4nt

Thank you! 400MB?!!! Amazing!!!!
You are not messing with zeros are you?
:-)

ke4nt1

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Posted: Feb. 13 2005,16:49

No, tis true....

Here is my .uci dir list ...

root@box:/mnt/hdd3/uci# ls -al
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jan 29 11:48 .
drw-r--r-- 10 root root 4096 Jan 29 11:48 ..
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 96719405 Jan 27 01:48 RailroadTycoon2.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 270220360 Jan 27 01:35 enemy-territory.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8653633 Jan 27 01:45 firefox.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 181299036 Jan 27 01:54 heretic2.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 322690545 Jan 29 04:07 heroes3.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 107102388 Jan 27 02:05 hhb2003.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 31260092 Jan 27 01:45 jre1_5_0.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 388663002 Jan 27 01:55 myth2.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 69797802 Jan 27 01:45 openoffice.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6050668 Jan 27 01:45 opera.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 11952260 Jan 27 01:45 python.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 43355622 Jan 27 01:45 qcad.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 453881837 Jan 27 02:09 quake3.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 103191741 Jan 27 02:05 ut2003.uci
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 300231559 Jan 27 02:05 ut2004.uci

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ke4nt

softgun

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Posted: Feb. 14 2005,08:14

I believe!

What this means in other words, is that I can have a dsl upto 400MB in size...........

This gives me mouth watering anticipation of things that could be :-)

Ah! But yet i cannot work out how to get my postgresql dsl to start :-( The problem with the deb2dsl script is that it makes a "/static"/ package from downloaded debs. How to get them working is the problem?

Is there something about dsls I need to know that will explain these to me? I feel I am THAT close..........

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