On 11/27/12 14:24, Peter Maydell wrote: > On 27 November 2012 08:34, Paolo Bonzini <pbonz...@redhat.com> wrote: >> Some versions of GCC require insane (>2GB) amounts of memory >> to compile translate.o. As a countermeasure, compile it >> with -O1. This should fix the buildbot failure for >> default_x86_64_fedora16. > > This is a well known bug in old gcc (ie fixed in 4.5, 4.6 and > trunk a year ago). Use a newer gcc, or a 64 bit build system > with a reasonable amount of RAM, or as a workaround apply some > suitable compiler flags by passing configure > '--extra-cflags=-fno-var-tracking'. This patch definitely > shouldn't be applied as we shouldn't be hampering the majority > for the benefit of old broken systems.
It isn't that simple. It's Fedora 17 with gcc 4.7.2 which runs oom while compiling translate.c cheers, Gerd
