you can use top and/or ps to get a pid and kill just the python-pth build.
If you want to 'pre-break' something you can create a
mk/bulk/pre-build.local file to do this.  See section 3.2.1.3 of
Packages.txt.

-Dan


On Sun, 2 Feb 2003, Joe Reed wrote:

> hi,
> 
> i'm trying to do a bulk build as described in Packages.txt.  however, when the 
> build reaches lang/python-pth it locks and i have to ctl-c to quit out of it.  
> 
> my question:
> is there a way i can tell bulk-build to skip this package?  i'm not going to 
> need python in the near future, so i don't care if i'm missing a package or 
> 2.  or, if anyone has a suggested fix, that'd work too :-D
> 
> i've included the message at which the build hangs.
> 
> thanks
> 
> --joe
> 
> ...snip...
> 02/02/03 15:39:46  2304/3522=65.4% lang/python21-pth @ i386> cc 
> -Wl,-R/usr/pkg/lib -L/usr/pkg/lib -Wl,--export-dynamic -o python  
> Modules/python.o  libpython2p1.a -lpth  -lutil   -lm
> 02/02/03 15:39:46  2304/3522=65.4% lang/python21-pth @ i386> 
> libpython2p1.a(posixmodule.o): In function `posix_tmpnam':
> 02/02/03 15:39:46  2304/3522=65.4% lang/python21-pth @ i386> 
> /home/build/pkgsrc/obj/lang/python21-pth/work.bork/Python-2.1.3/./Modules/posixmodule.c:4220: 
> warning: tmpnam() possibly used unsafely, use mkstemp() or mkdtemp()
> 02/02/03 15:39:46  2304/3522=65.4% lang/python21-pth @ i386> 
> libpython2p1.a(posixmodule.o): In function `posix_tempnam':
> 02/02/03 15:39:46  2304/3522=65.4% lang/python21-pth @ i386> 
> /home/build/pkgsrc/obj/lang/python21-pth/work.bork/Python-2.1.3/./Modules/posixmodule.c:4174: 
> warning: tempnam() possibly used unsafely, use mkstemp() or mkdtemp()
> 
> ...end_snip...
>