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authorEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2013-09-02T09·58+0200
committerEelco Dolstra <eelco.dolstra@logicblox.com>2013-09-02T09·58+0200
commitefe428946431c6c670151c949884fa8c1fa31794 (patch)
tree3d9d05c8397aef96010f10261912e458c44814ef /doc/manual
parentafc6c1bad63e27d68adf49e673f8aafd36495a8a (diff)
Add an option to limit the log output of builders
This is mostly useful for Hydra to deal with builders that get stuck
in an infinite loop writing data to stdout/stderr.
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-rw-r--r--doc/manual/conf-file.xml15
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
index c37a2da47413..c832108fed06 100644
--- a/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
+++ b/doc/manual/conf-file.xml
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
 
   </varlistentry>
 
+
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-timeout"><term><literal>build-timeout</literal></term>
 
     <listitem>
@@ -168,6 +169,20 @@ flag, e.g. <literal>--option gc-keep-outputs false</literal>.</para>
   </varlistentry>
 
 
+  <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-max-log-size"><term><literal>build-max-log-size</literal></term>
+
+    <listitem>
+
+      <para>This option defines the maximum number of bytes that a
+      builder can write to its stdout/stderr.  If the builder exceeds
+      this limit, it’s killed.  A value of <literal>0</literal> (the
+      default) means that there is no limit.</para>
+
+    </listitem>
+
+  </varlistentry>
+
+
   <varlistentry xml:id="conf-build-users-group"><term><literal>build-users-group</literal></term>
 
     <listitem><para>This options specifies the Unix group containing