gcc build gives virtual memory exhausted

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mdg

I am trying to build gcc45 from ports. Keeps crashing with
Code: 
virtual memory exhausted
error. I seem to need this version of gcc for octave which I have been trying to install. I'm running 7-stable on an x86 with 256M ram and 512M swap.

OK, that is not a lot of memory, but it should be enough to compile gcc. Any suggestions?

Mike
 
Some stuff really needs a distgusting amount of memory to compile. Firefox with OPTIMIZED_CFLAGS, for example, needs memory + swap to be 4-6G.

If you can't add memory, then add swap. Untested, but a USB memory stick might work for a temporary swap expansion. See swapon(8).
 
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