[platform-dev] Re: OutOfMemory using Ant

["Darin Swanson" <darins@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>Hi,
>>
>>I get the OutOfMemoryException when I use Ant. I use Ant for building
>>and running test programs. I use the Ant view to select the target
>>tasks.>>
>>I beleive that this has something to do with the way the garbage
>>>>collection works. I am running eclipse on windows 2000. After running
>>ant for >>approx. 10 times, I can see the memory grow from the task
>>manager. Once the heap size reaches to approx. 100MB, eclipse crashes or
>>throws an>>OutOfMemoryException.
>>
>>Please let me know if I have to post this in the Ant dev group.
>>Also, let me know if I should open a bug report.
>>
>>-Siljan Simpson

Please ask these types of questions on the eclipse.platform newsgroup.

Please see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=24448 for the
known details and workarounds for Ant memory problems.
HTH
Darins