changeset 191:485dabec83c4

Comment one of the non-obvious (and optional) bits.
author Rob Landley <rob@landley.net>
date Thu, 05 Jul 2007 15:08:59 -0400
parents 12b7ecb79ad0
children 7012cf35e4fe
files include.sh
diffstat 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/include.sh	Thu Jul 05 00:21:42 2007 -0400
+++ b/include.sh	Thu Jul 05 15:08:59 2007 -0400
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@
 
 umask 022
 unset CFLAGS CXXFLAGS
+# This tells gcc to aggressively garbage collect its internal data
+# structures.  Without this, gcc triggers the OOM killer trying to rebuild
+# itself in 128 megs of ram, which is the QEMU default size.
 export CFLAGS="--param ggc-min-expand=0 --param ggc-min-heapsize=8192"
 
 # Find/create directories