>> This is current/amd64. Unlike in previous versions,
>> some memory-heavy processes (such as in building some
>> big port) get killed with
>>
>>       UVM: pid 11422 (cc1plus), uid 0 killed: out of swap
>>
>> On this machine, I have _no_ swap. However, the machine has
>> 1G RAM, and most of it is free in the moment this happens.
>>
>> In fact, occasionaly, spawning a new xterm fails like this,
>> even if there is nothing else happening and there is nearly
>> 1G of free RAM.
>>
>> Has something changed in this respect?
>> Do I _have_ to have swap?
>
> 1G of ram is definitely not enough to build large ports on amd64.
> Everything mozilla-related, for instance, goes up to 2G and more
> while linking.
>

I ran into /etc/login.conf limits of datasize = 512M way before
hitting any other limit, so is that bumped?

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