/tmp folder and gcc

I am using the maemo Operating System and the GCC compiler. I have an error when I 开发者_运维问答compile an application: there is no enough space on /tmp. I have 10% of my space free so I don't understand why this happens.. anyway, is it possible to change the GCC configuration in order to use another folder (in another partition)?

Set your TMPDIR environment variable to where you want GCC to put your temporary files. Or, use the -pipe flag to keep temporary files (except object files) in memory.

Most likely your /tmp directory is mounted as a tmpfs filesystem. This means that the files in /tmp are actually stored in memory, not on disk. If this is the case /tmp will be limited to what you can fit in memory+swap, and everything in /tmp will be lost across reboots.

Use mount or df -T to see how /tmp is mounted.