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Re: Installing libgcj consumes huge amounts of memory
- From: Alan Modra <amodra at bigpond dot net dot au>
- To: Gerald Pfeifer <gerald at pfeifer dot com>
- Cc: gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org, java at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2005 14:11:59 +1030
- Subject: Re: Installing libgcj consumes huge amounts of memory
- References: <Pine.BSF.4.62.0512032346530.61895@pulcherrima.dbai.tuwien.ac.at>
On Sun, Dec 04, 2005 at 12:35:31AM +0100, Gerald Pfeifer wrote:
> spawns a recursive make (GNU make 3.80) that consumes some 450MB of memory
> and triggers a system load of 12+, basically rendering the machine dead
> for about a minute.
>
> On a different machine with only 512MB + 1GB swap, this time running
> FreeBSD 5.3, I cannot install GCC any longer.
I noticed something similar on a Linux machine with 512M + 1G swap when
remaking libjava after editing some files. Thrashing for around 15
minutes before finally proceeding.
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Alan Modra
IBM OzLabs - Linux Technology Centre