MacIntel app crashes when installing ports

[Michael Ross]

I'm using MacPorts on a MacBook Pro and I've found that installing  
large ports that require extensive compilation (particularly octave)  
appears to cause the other applications on my system to become  
unstable. I've particularly noticed lots of Mail and Safari crashes.

I'm well aware that bad memory is often to blame for these sorts of  
problems, but I haven't had them when installing Fink packages that  
required similar amounts of compilation. My hardware test passes  
fine, and my logic board has been recently replaced (and the problems  
occurred before logic board replacement as well).

Has anyone else experienced this?

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Michael Ross
mgross at psych.umass.edu