Package: binutils Version: 2.20-4 Severity: important When I compile the following program with gcc (no particular options), top shows that ld takes almost 2 GB.
static int t[500000000]; int main (void) { t[0] = 0; return 0; } With more important arrays, the machine starts swapping a lot, the load average increases a lot, and it takes several minutes to be able to stop the command. -- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid APT prefers oldstable APT policy: (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26.5-20080922 (SMP w/2 CPU cores; PREEMPT) Locale: LANG=POSIX, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages binutils depends on: ii libc6 2.10.1-7 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-15 compression library - runtime binutils recommends no packages. Versions of packages binutils suggests: ii binutils-doc 2.20-4 Documentation for the GNU assemble -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org