diff --git a/lang/gcc/pkg-descr b/lang/gcc/pkg-descr
index 3c302b1c926b..c8bcbf62a690 100644
--- a/lang/gcc/pkg-descr
+++ b/lang/gcc/pkg-descr
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection includes C, C++, Java and Fortran.
 This port installs the various front ends as gcc43, g++43, gcj43,
 gfortran43 and so forth into the ${PREFIX}/bin directory.
 
+(Building the Java frontend and the associated libgcj library will
+consume more than 512MB of main memory.  Set WITHOUT_JAVA=yes in 
+the environment when building this port to avoid that.)
+
 WWW: http://gcc.gnu.org/
diff --git a/lang/gcc43/pkg-descr b/lang/gcc43/pkg-descr
index 3c302b1c926b..c8bcbf62a690 100644
--- a/lang/gcc43/pkg-descr
+++ b/lang/gcc43/pkg-descr
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection includes C, C++, Java and Fortran.
 This port installs the various front ends as gcc43, g++43, gcj43,
 gfortran43 and so forth into the ${PREFIX}/bin directory.
 
+(Building the Java frontend and the associated libgcj library will
+consume more than 512MB of main memory.  Set WITHOUT_JAVA=yes in 
+the environment when building this port to avoid that.)
+
 WWW: http://gcc.gnu.org/
diff --git a/lang/gcc44/pkg-descr b/lang/gcc44/pkg-descr
index 3c302b1c926b..c8bcbf62a690 100644
--- a/lang/gcc44/pkg-descr
+++ b/lang/gcc44/pkg-descr
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection includes C, C++, Java and Fortran.
 This port installs the various front ends as gcc43, g++43, gcj43,
 gfortran43 and so forth into the ${PREFIX}/bin directory.
 
+(Building the Java frontend and the associated libgcj library will
+consume more than 512MB of main memory.  Set WITHOUT_JAVA=yes in 
+the environment when building this port to avoid that.)
+
 WWW: http://gcc.gnu.org/
diff --git a/lang/gcc45/pkg-descr b/lang/gcc45/pkg-descr
index 3c302b1c926b..c8bcbf62a690 100644
--- a/lang/gcc45/pkg-descr
+++ b/lang/gcc45/pkg-descr
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection includes C, C++, Java and Fortran.
 This port installs the various front ends as gcc43, g++43, gcj43,
 gfortran43 and so forth into the ${PREFIX}/bin directory.
 
+(Building the Java frontend and the associated libgcj library will
+consume more than 512MB of main memory.  Set WITHOUT_JAVA=yes in 
+the environment when building this port to avoid that.)
+
 WWW: http://gcc.gnu.org/
diff --git a/lang/gcc46/pkg-descr b/lang/gcc46/pkg-descr
index 3c302b1c926b..c8bcbf62a690 100644
--- a/lang/gcc46/pkg-descr
+++ b/lang/gcc46/pkg-descr
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection includes C, C++, Java and Fortran.
 This port installs the various front ends as gcc43, g++43, gcj43,
 gfortran43 and so forth into the ${PREFIX}/bin directory.
 
+(Building the Java frontend and the associated libgcj library will
+consume more than 512MB of main memory.  Set WITHOUT_JAVA=yes in 
+the environment when building this port to avoid that.)
+
 WWW: http://gcc.gnu.org/
diff --git a/lang/gcc47/pkg-descr b/lang/gcc47/pkg-descr
index 3c302b1c926b..c8bcbf62a690 100644
--- a/lang/gcc47/pkg-descr
+++ b/lang/gcc47/pkg-descr
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection includes C, C++, Java and Fortran.
 This port installs the various front ends as gcc43, g++43, gcj43,
 gfortran43 and so forth into the ${PREFIX}/bin directory.
 
+(Building the Java frontend and the associated libgcj library will
+consume more than 512MB of main memory.  Set WITHOUT_JAVA=yes in 
+the environment when building this port to avoid that.)
+
 WWW: http://gcc.gnu.org/
diff --git a/lang/gcc48/pkg-descr b/lang/gcc48/pkg-descr
index 3c302b1c926b..c8bcbf62a690 100644
--- a/lang/gcc48/pkg-descr
+++ b/lang/gcc48/pkg-descr
@@ -3,4 +3,8 @@ GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection includes C, C++, Java and Fortran.
 This port installs the various front ends as gcc43, g++43, gcj43,
 gfortran43 and so forth into the ${PREFIX}/bin directory.
 
+(Building the Java frontend and the associated libgcj library will
+consume more than 512MB of main memory.  Set WITHOUT_JAVA=yes in 
+the environment when building this port to avoid that.)
+
 WWW: http://gcc.gnu.org/