[Pkg-javascript-devel] Bug#956211: Bug#956211: [Re: nodejs 10 segfaults when running webpack on gitlab 12.9.2]

[Pirate Praveen]

On Fri, Apr 10, 2020 at 7:35 pm, Jérémy Lal <kapouer at melix.org> wrote:
> Package: nodejs
> Version: 10.19.0~dfsg-3
> Followup-For: Bug #956211
> 
> Pirate, i repeat, please try
> 
> webpack --max-old-space-size=4096
> 
> Or even a higher value. If it works, it's up to gitlab to use that 
> flag.
> 

root at gitlab-buster:/usr/share/gitlab# runuser -u ${gitlab_user} -- sh 
-c 'webpack --max-old-space-size=8192 --config config/webpack.config.js'

I tried 4096, 6144, 8192, 16384 and all failed. How much higher should 
I go?

> Nodejs applications using high memory must use that kind of 
> workaround.

I was also exploring if excluding system libraries from babel-loader 
reduces memory footprint.