building 7.1.3 ==> java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space

[herb]

after wget https://github.com/jbossas/jboss-as/archive/7.1.3.Final.zip

and unzip I did

./build.sh clean install -DskipTests

and got following error (oracle jdk7, 64 bit on rhel6):

[ERROR] Failed to execute goal org.apache.maven.plugins:maven-compiler-plugin:2.3.2:testCompile (default-testCompile) on project jboss-as-web: Compilation failure

[ERROR] Failure executing javac, but could not parse the error:

[ERROR]

[ERROR]

[ERROR] The system is out of resources.

[ERROR] Consult the following stack trace for details.

[ERROR] java.lang.OutOfMemoryError: PermGen space

How do I increase PermGen space within build?

[nickarls]

I guess you can pass in -XX:MaxPermSize=512M or set it in MAVEN_OPTS if that doesn't work.

[sfcoy]

I add this alias to my ~/.bash_profile:

{code:bash}alias m512='export MAVEN_OPTS="-Xmx512m -XX:MaxPermSize=128m"'{code}

When I'm doing large builds or see Maven memory errors I can type m512 on the command line to set up the MAVEN_OPTS environment variable.

[herb]

passing in -XX:MaxPermSize=512M does not work (I forgot to mention, I already tried it) - but MAVEN_OPTS did the job!!

Thanks!