"Ken Pratt" <ken@kenpratt.net> writes:
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> I'm starting to think repacking is just not feasible on a 64-bit
> server with 256MB of RAM (which is a very popular configuration in the
> VPS market).

As a quick workaround you could try it with a 32bit git executable?
(assuming you have a distribution with proper multilib support) 

I think the right fix would be to make git throttle itself (not 
use mmap, use very small defaults etc.) on low memory systems.
It could take a look a /proc/meminfo for this.

-Andi
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