On Tue, May 29, 2007 at 12:07:44AM -0700, Doug Barton wrote: > Alex Dupre wrote: > > Doug Barton wrote: > >>> (Over 2GBs of RAM + Swap being used). It does this consistently when it > >>> tries to compile xf86PciScan.c (hope thats the right file). > >> May not be the answer you want to hear, but I built all the xorg stuff > >> multiple times on -current systems both pre and post the gcc + symver > >> + version bump eras, and didn't have the problems you're seeing. > > > > It's the well-known problem of new gcc 4.2 optimizations (bug). Simply > > compile with -O0 instead of -O2. > > Not disputing your answer, but I'm curious. Why would it cause > problems on some systems but not others? I haven't done anything with > my cflags ...
It wants to use ${BIGNUM} amount of memory to optimize a huge C file,
so that might be fatal (or just terminally irritating) on smaller
systems.
Kris
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