BTW, did you know there are gcc options to reduce memory consumption of the compiler? I thought gcc is bloated and huge C/C++ sources require lot of memory but looks like it is simply bad tuning. I had problem with compiling VICE emulator source directly on the device even with 192MB of swap enabled and someone on Pandora forum told me about gcc options --param ggc-min-expand=x --param ggc-min-heapsize=x and it made huge difference. With --param ggc-min-expand=0 --param ggc-min-heapsize=16384 VICE compiled fine without using lot of swap.

I don't want to start wiki page just with this info so it goes here, this thread is related.