Auto merge of #30248 - petevine:master, r=brson

Running `/usr/bin/time -v make` to build rust (using local llvm) shows the maximum memory usage at 715 megabytes on 32-bit x86 (on arm linux it's even less @ 580M).

Reworded according to @brson's [input](https://github.com/rust-lang/rust/pull/30196#issuecomment-162088921).
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@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ Snapshot binaries are currently built and tested on several platforms:
You may find that other platforms work, but these are our officially You may find that other platforms work, but these are our officially
supported build environments that are most likely to work. supported build environments that are most likely to work.
Rust currently needs about 1.5 GiB of RAM to build without swapping; if it hits Rust currently needs between 600MiB and 1.5GiB to build, depending on platform. If it hits
swap, it will take a very long time to build. swap, it will take a very long time to build.
There is more advice about hacking on Rust in [CONTRIBUTING.md]. There is more advice about hacking on Rust in [CONTRIBUTING.md].