On Fri, 13 Oct 2006, Gilles Dauphin wrote:

> It would be nice if a parameter can 'ulimit' such jobs. 
> I had problem with fc-cache bug (fontconfig) using all available memory
> and breaking bulk build.

It was just brought up on tech-pkg also. Maybe a variable will be used to 
toggle that font cache building to be turned off.

As for ulimit, maybe one of the UNLIMIT_RESOURCES settings can help.

    Jeremy C. Reed
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