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To   : Benny Pedersen
From : Nick Boel
Date : Sun Oct 25 2026 01:32 pm

Hey Benny!

On Sun, Oct 25 2026 13:37:34 +0000, you wrote:

 BP> gcc is a problem for me to compile on my very small vps with just 1GB ram
 BP> gentoo devs tell its no problem, hmm
 BP> how does other solve it ?

With Gentoo itself, "MAKEOPTS=-j1" should help with that, with a minimum 2gb 
swap.

Otherwise, if you're using gnu make.. `make -j1` will do the same:

       -j [jobs], --jobs[=jobs]
            Specifies the number of jobs (commands) to run
            simultaneously.  If there is more than one -j option, the
            last one is effective.  If the -j option is given without an
            argument, make will not limit the number of jobs that can run
            simultaneously.

With less memory and/or cpus/threads, you can't compile multiple jobs at once. 
Even with that said, larger packages might still fail this way.

Depending on how many cores/threads that VPS has, you can adjust the "-jX" 
option accordingly (2 cores/threads = "-j2" would be max, 1 core/thread = 
"-j1", etc.).

It seems the /suggested/ method is to compile small packages on the VPS, and 
use binary packages built on a stronger machine for larger ones. Or just use 
Gentoo's binary package manager right on the VPS.

Regards,
Nick

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