Re: MySQL Compiling

[ryc <iii@binary.net>]

My guess is that it is a compiler bug.

The fix for it if ulimit and --low-memory dont work is to edit the makefile
and have it compile sql_yacc.cc with -O0 instead of -O6 or whatever it is.

ryan


> Sparked from a question just asked about mysql and the "virtual memory
> exhausted" problem.
>
> I'd be curious to know what the deal with that is. -Every- release of
> MySQL craps out at "virtual memory exhausted" (for me). You can fool
> with ulimit and --low-memory as much as you want. And if you look
> through the mysql mailing list, you see responses of "check ulimit" and
> "use low memory flag" none of which work.
>
> I know of the mysql port (which I'm using now), but I'm stuck when I
> want to use a development release.
>
> Does anyone actually know the cause for this?