Tom Tromey writes: > >>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Haley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Andrew> Anyway, I tried again, this time with the right file, and it took > Andrew> 78.67user 1.29system 1:20.01elapsed 99%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata > 0maxresident)k > Andrew> and indeed, it does want a lot of memory - at peak some 550m. It'll > Andrew> be smaller on a 32-bit box, but not much smaller. > > I suppose with some awful build hacking we could split this .o into > multiple parts. I'm fine with the situation as it is, myself, but I > will do this if the consensus is that we should.
I'd want a bit more information. There's no reason that a 512M box couldn't cope with a 550M process. Sure, it'll be slow, but it should still work, and this is an extreme case. If there is to be a maximum process size during building, we need to make a sane decision about what that size should be. Andrew.
