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 (the exact pattern of failures depending on the GCC release and
 optimization flags).
 
+gcc 3.2.1 is known to work okay with Perl 5.8.0.  However, when
+optimizing the toke.c gcc likes to have a lot of memory, 256 megabytes
+seems to be enough.  The default setting of the process data section
+in Tru64 should be one gigabyte, but some sites/setups might have
+lowered that.  The configuration process of Perl checks for too low
+process limits, and lowers the optimization for the toke.c if
+necessary, and also gives advice on how to raise the process limits.
+
 =head2 Using Large Files with Perl on Tru64
 
 In Tru64 Perl is automatically able to use large files, that is,