so you want to make something like 'stack --fix=512k path/to/newly/compiled/gcc' ? or bigger stack?
Exactly ! Note that the real C compiler is "cc1", gcc is just a frontend.
The latest versions of GCC are know to use an abnormal amount of memory,256 MB should be enough, shouldn't be?
It seems that it depends of what program is being compiled, and it is worse when optimizations are turned on.
Some examples here (search for "memory"): http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?query_format=advanced&short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=4.2&target_milestone=4.0.4&target_milestone=4.1.3&target_milestone=4.2.3&known_to_fail_type=allwordssubstr&known_to_work_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc_type=allwordssubstr&long_desc=&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&gcchost_type=allwordssubstr&gcchost=&gcctarget_type=allwordssubstr&gcctarget=&gccbuild_type=allwordssubstr&gccbuild=&keywords_type=allwords&keywords=&bug_status=UNCONFIRMED&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=SUSPENDED&bug_status=WAITING&bug_status=REOPENED&priority=P1&priority=P2&priority=P3&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Reuse+same+sort+as+last+time&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= Once again, good luck (and may the patience be with you). -- Vincent Rivière