http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60841
--- Comment #3 from Mike Vermeulen <mike at vermeulen dot com> --- dmesg does confirm it was killed by OOM. Relevant entries: [27546] 0 27546 27116 1 4 0 0 bash [27578] 0 27578 26084 7 13 0 0 gcc [27579] 0 27579 31860193 30405249 18 0 0 cc1 Out of memory: Kill process 27579 (cc1) score 877 or sacrifice child Killed process 27579, UID 0, (cc1) total-vm:127440772kB, anon-rss:121620876kB, file-rss:120kB