Bug#678285: scilab: Prevents automatic killing of the build

[Kurt Roeckx]

Source: scilab
Version: 5.4.0-alpha-20122105-824511b-1~exp1
Severity: serious

Hi,

The scilab build log is full of:
Watcher: Tick.
buildd    1342  0.0  0.3  20512 13960 ?        S    Jun11   0:04 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/sbuild --apt-update --no-apt-upgrade --no-apt-distupgrade --batch --stats-dir=/home/buildd/stats --dist=experimental --keyid=24E4F805 --mail-log-to=logs at buildd.debian.org,buildd-admin --build-dep-resolver=aptitude --arch=sparc scilab_5.4.0-alpha-20122105-824511b-1~exp1
buildd    1359  0.0  0.2  20032 10696 ?        S    Jun11   0:02 /usr/bin/perl /usr/bin/sbuild --apt-update --no-apt-upgrade --no-apt-distupgrade --batch --stats-dir=/home/buildd/stats --dist=experimental --keyid=24E4F805 --mail-log-to=logs at buildd.debian.org,buildd-admin --build-dep-resolver=aptitude --arch=sparc scilab_5.4.0-alpha-20122105-824511b-1~exp1
buildd   10140  0.0  0.0   2144   760 ?        S    Jun11   0:02 sh debian/watcher.sh 10005 /build/buildd-scilab_5.4.0-alpha-20122105-824511b-1~exp1-sparc-MzZIdx/scilab-5.4.0-alpha-20122105-824511b /build/buildd-scilab_5.4.0-alpha-20122105-824511b-1~exp1-sparc-MzZIdx/scilab-5.4.0-alpha-20122105-824511b/build-stamp scilab
buildd   24838  0.0  0.0   3184  1488 ?        S    Jun11   0:00 /bin/bash -c ( cd . ; \ echo "./bin/scilab-cli -ns -noatomsautoload -f modules/functions/scripts/buildmacros/buildmacros.sce" ; \ ./bin/scilab-cli -ns -noatomsautoload -f modules/functions/scripts/buildmacros/buildmacros.sce) || exit 1
buildd   24839  0.0  0.0   3192  1032 ?        S    Jun11   0:00 /bin/bash -c ( cd . ; \ echo "./bin/scilab-cli -ns -noatomsautoload -f modules/functions/scripts/buildmacros/buildmacros.sce" ; \ ./bin/scilab-cli -ns -noatomsautoload -f modules/functions/scripts/buildmacros/buildmacros.sce) || exit 1
buildd   24840  0.0  0.0   2144   832 ?        S    Jun11   0:00 /bin/sh ./bin/scilab-cli -ns -noatomsautoload -f modules/functions/scripts/buildmacros/buildmacros.sce
buildd   24867 99.9  0.2  73816  8936 ?        Sl   Jun11 12911:48 /build/buildd-scilab_5.4.0-alpha-20122105-824511b-1~exp1-sparc-MzZIdx/scilab-5.4.0-alpha-20122105-824511b/.libs/lt-scilab-cli-bin -ns -noatomsautoload -f modules/functions/scripts/buildmacros/buildmacros.sce
Watcher: Tick.

Please don't do this.  If you think we kill the build too soon, ask us to increase it.  9 days of CPU time clearly isn't acceptable.


Kurt