From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Andreas Schwab Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.bugs Subject: bug#8884: closed (Re: bug#8884: wide-int crash) Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:45:33 +0200 Message-ID: References: <4D3AFF8D-3F70-4C2C-A053-49C3FB2C1167@Freenet.DE> <90642F8F-4E64-4EE8-ADEF-4140147845B4@Freenet.DE> <4E9D11DA.7000303@cs.ucla.edu> <23C33A8D-E7C1-49A1-9477-12AC9826BA06@Freenet.DE> <4E9D9D8D.6020306@cs.ucla.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1318952782 25240 80.91.229.12 (18 Oct 2011 15:46:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:46:22 +0000 (UTC) Cc: 8884@debbugs.gnu.org, Peter Dyballa To: Paul Eggert Original-X-From: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Oct 18 17:46:18 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGBrq-00085m-OF for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:46:14 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:56794 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGBrq-00024H-51 for geb-bug-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:46:14 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:51452) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGBrm-00024C-PO for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:46:11 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGBrh-0003hh-6s for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:46:10 -0400 Original-Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.43]:37936) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1RGBrh-0003hc-5N for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:46:05 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGBsc-0000Gh-DQ for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:47:02 -0400 X-Loop: help-debbugs@gnu.org Resent-From: Andreas Schwab Original-Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Resent-CC: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:47:02 +0000 Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: help-debbugs@gnu.org X-GNU-PR-Message: followup 8884 X-GNU-PR-Package: emacs X-GNU-PR-Keywords: Original-Received: via spool by 8884-submit@debbugs.gnu.org id=B8884.1318952799987 (code B ref 8884); Tue, 18 Oct 2011 15:47:02 +0000 Original-Received: (at 8884) by debbugs.gnu.org; 18 Oct 2011 15:46:39 +0000 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGBsD-0000Fr-J9 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:46:38 -0400 Original-Received: from mail-out.m-online.net ([212.18.0.9]) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1RGBsA-0000Fe-Sp for 8884@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:46:36 -0400 Original-Received: from frontend1.mail.m-online.net (unknown [192.168.8.180]) by mail-out.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id A1C0A1C02BCE; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:45:30 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from localhost (dynscan1.mnet-online.de [192.168.8.164]) by mail.m-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7E74D1C0014E; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:45:30 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mnet-online.de Original-Received: from mail.mnet-online.de ([192.168.8.180]) by localhost (dynscan1.mail.m-online.net [192.168.8.164]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id RRen+H3z0v0K; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:45:29 +0200 (CEST) Original-Received: from hase.home (ppp-88-217-108-0.dynamic.mnet-online.de [88.217.108.0]) by mail.mnet-online.de (Postfix) with ESMTP; Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:45:28 +0200 (CEST) X-Yow: If elected, Zippy pledges to each and every American a 55-year-old houseboy... In-Reply-To: <4E9D9D8D.6020306@cs.ucla.edu> (Paul Eggert's message of "Tue, 18 Oct 2011 08:38:53 -0700") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.3 (gnu/linux) X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.11 Precedence: list Resent-Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2011 11:47:02 -0400 X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 2) X-Received-From: 140.186.70.43 X-BeenThere: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org List-Id: "Bug reports for GNU Emacs, the Swiss army knife of text editors" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: bug-gnu-emacs-bounces+geb-bug-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.bugs:52797 Archived-At: Paul Eggert writes: > --- etc/NEWS 2011-10-18 06:52:32 +0000 > +++ etc/NEWS 2011-10-18 15:34:06 +0000 > @@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ This is not a new feature; only the conf > --- > ** There is a new configure option --with-wide-int. > With it, Emacs integers typically have 62 bits, even on 32-bit machines. > +On 32-bit hosts, this raises the limit on buffer sizes from 512 MiB to > +a bit less than 4 GiB, with the exact limit set by the operating system. "a bit less than 4 GB" is an exaggeration, "almost 2GB" is much closer to the truth. Andreas. -- Andreas Schwab, schwab@linux-m68k.org GPG Key fingerprint = 58CA 54C7 6D53 942B 1756 01D3 44D5 214B 8276 4ED5 "And now for something completely different."