On Fri, 26 Nov 1999, Ken Nakata wrote:

> Virtual memory getting exhausted *usually* has nothing to do with the
> amount of RAM or swap space you have.  It's more likely to be related to
> your resource allocation.  Try "man <whatever shell you use>" and see
> section for limit or ulimit command (limit for csh and friends, ulimit
> for sh and friends).

Sure, but if you're compiling a port, it's most likely as root, and either
way removing -O2 might "solve" the problem at hand by reducing memory
consumption.

- alex