You wrote: > I refrained from adding a 4000 file testcase ;)
Never mind - I have one. I didn't understand why lto1 said this: /usr/snp/lib/gcc/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/4.5.0/../../../../x86_64-unknown-linux -gnu/bin/ld: fatal error: could not open/create temporary file while dealing with the largest executable of our weather forecasting system. [ BTW, you could just say ulimit -n 10 before running the test :-) ] -- Toon Moene, KNMI (Weer/Onderzoek), The Netherlands Phone: +31 30 2206443; e-mail: mo...@knmi.nl