[C++-sig] Slow gcc 3.2 links

[Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve]

--- David Abrahams <dave at boost-consulting.com> wrote:
> "Ralf W. Grosse-Kunstleve" <rwgk at yahoo.com> writes:
> 
> > When linking my Boost.Python V2 extension modules with gcc 3.2 under Linux
> 7.3
> > and 8.0 I have to wait up to 10 minutes per link command to finish. gcc <=
> > 3.0.4 never had this problem. The machine does not run out of core memory
> when
> > linking with 3.2, but uses 99% of a CPU all the time. Do others have
> similar
> > observations, or is it just me doing something stupid?
> 
> Is this new? I've never observed this before.

I just started with gcc 3.2, so I cannot be sure if it is new. Luckily, the
slowness disappears when I switch from using -g to using -O3.
Ralf