From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Eli Zaretskii" Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: build: Maximum buffer size exceeded Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 17:56:32 +0200 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: <9743-Sun09Feb2003175631+0200-eliz@is.elta.co.il> References: <20030208113902.7cf8e809.occitan@esperanto.org> <20030209134618.61175700.occitan@esperanto.org> Reply-To: Eli Zaretskii NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1044806317 9521 80.91.224.249 (9 Feb 2003 15:58:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 15:58:37 +0000 (UTC) Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 18htql-0002TP-00 for ; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 16:58:35 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18htsj-0004j5-04 for gnu-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 11:00:37 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18hts2-0004Gd-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 10:59:54 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.10.13) id 18htrt-00045K-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 10:59:46 -0500 Original-Received: from gandalf.inter.net.il ([192.114.186.22]) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.10.13) id 18htrn-0003xO-00 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sun, 09 Feb 2003 10:59:39 -0500 Original-Received: from zaretsky (adsl-ayalon-pc-129-174.inter.net.il [213.8.129.174]) by gandalf.inter.net.il (Mirapoint Messaging Server MOS 3.2.2-GA) with ESMTP id AFC65534; Sun, 9 Feb 2003 17:59:32 +0200 (IST) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailer: emacs 21.3.50 (via feedmail 8 I) and Blat ver 1.8.9 In-reply-to: <20030209134618.61175700.occitan@esperanto.org> (message from Daniel Pfeiffer on Sun, 9 Feb 2003 13:46:18 +0100) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1b5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Help: List-Post: List-Subscribe: , List-Archive: List-Unsubscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+gnu-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:6487 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:6487 > From: Daniel Pfeiffer > Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.help > Date: Sun, 9 Feb 2003 13:46:18 +0100 > > > First, please note that reporting failures to build here is not > > recommended: you should either report them on bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org > > Doesn't seem to be working currently. I recently got two mails back with: > host mx10.gnu.org [199.232.76.166]: 550 Invalid address in message header Something is wrong with the way you sent that message, or maybe there was a temporary outage at gnu.org. The address I mentioned is correct and works for me. > > (for released versions of Emacs), or to emacs-pretest-bug@gnu.org (for > > CVS and pretest versions). Many Emacs developers don't read this > > forum, so they will never see your report. > > Also no answer from them yet, so I tried here in the newsgroup. I don't remember I saw your message in emacs-pretest-bug (so perhaps resend), but in any case, you should not expect a response too soon: some developers are busy and don't reply immediately. Please be patient. > > What Emacs is trying to tell you is that when it tried to load > > file.el, it found that file to be more than 128MB, the maximum size of > > a buffer Emacs can handle. What you need to figure out is how come > > files.el, which is only about 170KB, causes Emacs to think it's much > > larger. > > I put an strace into the Makefile, and see that it normally opens a file, > writes Loading... and then reads. But on the last one, it successfully > opens the file, closes it, yet writes Loading... and then then goes and > opens and closes it again. Did you look at files.el? Is there any garbage in it? What is its size as reported by `ls'?