http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=54269
--- Comment #5 from Joost VandeVondele <Joost.VandeVondele at mat dot ethz.ch> 2012-08-16 05:29:46 UTC --- 4.7 configured with --enable-checking=yes also needs < 1.0Gb. for a checking enable compiler, time went from 25s with 4.7 to 1m27s with 4.8