I'm trying to build rakudo on a linux machine, the machine configuration isn't too great with just 512 MB of RAM and 2 Ghz processor. The problem is the build is simply too slow. And on reaching the following point, the system hangs.

../bin/parrot src/gen/perl6.pbc --target=pir src/gen/core.pm > src/gen/core.pir

I checked the src/gen/core.pm file its basically quite huge with and nearly 6000 lines long. Before this another command is run and core.pm gets generated using a large set of files.

I understand the system configuration isn't too great, but I build a lot of other open source software on it and they work. Please suggest a workaround for this problem, if its because the size of of core.pm then can't each file be processed individually and then aggregated into a pir. Else may be perl6.pbc is unable to handle large files, And thats not in a readable format ,And looks to be generated using another bunch of files. Has any body faced this issue before? What is the solution?

In reply to Rakudo build problems by Anonymous Monk

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