Date: Tue, 20 Dec 94 15:31:53 +0100
From: joep AT ichsun6 DOT ich DOT nl (Joep Jansen)
To: eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il
Subject: Re: Not enough memory to run "make"
Cc: djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu


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> Subject: Re: Not enough memory to run "make" 
> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 94 15:30:34 +0200
> From: "Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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> > It reports 458K of free DOS memory. I think the problem is caused
> > by the multiple copies of go32 in base memory: 1st for "make',
> > 2nd for "gcc", 3rd for "cc1".
> 
> You are right, 458K is way too few to run cc1 above gcc above make.
> 
> > I have experienced similar problems when running nested make's on
> > a system with >600K of free base memory.
> 
> My system has 630K of free RAM under 640K, and I succeed in nesting
> Make one level (i.e., gcc from Make from Make).
> 
 
> > Could I use another make utility that can swap itself out of memory?
> 
> Try GNUish make, it leaves only 3K footprint in lower memory.  It
> can be found on SimTel mirrors, in gnuish/ directory.
> 
> 
I downloaded gmake371.zip and checked it out. Using "maketc.exe", the Turbo C compiled
version included in the distribution, I was able to do a "make" in as low as 416K
(425,616 byte)!
(it also reduced the make time by about 7%, compared with Gnu C compiled make 3.69).


Thanks for the tip!