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ilan343@violet.berkeley.edu (Geraldo Veiga) wrote:
>I got the following error trying to use gcc -traditional
>
>/usr/local/lib/gcc-cpp: Memory exhausted.
>
>What is this all about? Do I have to rebuild gcc-cpp with different
>parameters?

No, this is caused by malloc() (sbrk(), really) failing.  If you're
running BSD unix (.berkeley.edu makes me think you are), the "limit"
command can be used to alter maximum per-process limits.  Soft limits
less than the machine can physically support are useful to catch
runaway programs before they bog the machine down, but of your defaults
are set too low, problems can occur.

You want to play with the "datasize" parameter.  The limit command is
documented in the csh man pqage (it's a shell builtin) and in the
getrusage man page.

If you're not compiling anything big or complex, or the limit is already
set quite high, you may have found a bug in gcc-cpp.
-- 
	-Colin