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authorfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2019-08-14 12:44:27 +0800
committerfanquake <fanquake@gmail.com>2019-08-14 14:12:26 +0800
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Merge #16586: doc: Mention other ways to conserve memory on compilation
fa7789f7317229f7366f7a132df199e005ed3bc6 doc: Mention other ways to conserve memory on compilation (MarcoFalke) Pull request description: Related to: * Building requires >1GB memory #6658 ACKs for top commit: instagibbs: ACK https://github.com/bitcoin/bitcoin/pull/16586/commits/fa7789f7317229f7366f7a132df199e005ed3bc6 kristapsk: ACK fa7789f7317229f7366f7a132df199e005ed3bc6 Tree-SHA512: 828593de9cfa9f9027c6c8e97abe95e3fad9f2ff50e6512808a8950de4a1f9ea901e724edfb96d7119224c3e38a136e60cb798b34ef682c585a7951e02124a3a
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@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@ tuned to conserve memory with additional CXXFLAGS:
./configure CXXFLAGS="--param ggc-min-expand=1 --param ggc-min-heapsize=32768"
+Alternatively, or in addition, debugging information can be skipped for compilation. The default compile flags are
+`-g -O2`, and can be changed with:
+
+ ./configure CXXFLAGS="-O2"
+
+Finally, clang (often less resource hungry) can be used instead of gcc, which is used by default:
+
+ ./configure CXX=clang++ CC=clang
## Linux Distribution Specific Instructions