From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue May 08 12:19:38 2012 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 May 2012 16:19:38 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41348 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SRn8S-0002cF-S6 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 12:19:37 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:43287) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SRmpW-0002Aa-15 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 12:00:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SRmnJ-0006jj-FX for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 11:57:49 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]:37996) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SRmnJ-0006jW-BA for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 11:57:45 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:58898) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SRmnE-0005MX-3t for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 11:57:44 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SRmn7-0006da-Sz for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 11:57:39 -0400 Received: from rcsinet15.oracle.com ([148.87.113.117]:48776) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1SRmn7-0006dM-MM for bug-coreutils@gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 11:57:33 -0400 Received: from acsinet22.oracle.com (acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238]) by rcsinet15.oracle.com (Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2/Sentrion-MTA-4.2.2) with ESMTP id q48FvTLF012941 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=OK) for ; Tue, 8 May 2012 15:57:30 GMT Received: from acsmt356.oracle.com (acsmt356.oracle.com [141.146.40.156]) by acsinet22.oracle.com (8.14.4+Sun/8.14.4) with ESMTP id q48FvSqW009176 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Tue, 8 May 2012 15:57:29 GMT Received: from abhmt110.oracle.com (abhmt110.oracle.com [141.146.116.62]) by acsmt356.oracle.com (8.12.11.20060308/8.12.11) with ESMTP id q48FvSeb012276 for ; Tue, 8 May 2012 10:57:28 -0500 Received: from [10.132.144.96] (/10.132.144.96) by default (Oracle Beehive Gateway v4.0) with ESMTP ; Tue, 08 May 2012 08:57:28 -0700 Message-ID: <4FA94355.20408@oracle.com> Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 09:01:25 -0700 From: Rich Burridge User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; SunOS i86pc; rv:10.0.3) Gecko/20120424 Thunderbird/10.0.3 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: bug-coreutils@gnu.org Subject: Bug in GNU sort with large value for the -S option Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Source-IP: acsinet22.oracle.com [141.146.126.238] X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 1) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 208.118.235.17 X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-Mailman-Approved-At: Tue, 08 May 2012 12:19:36 -0400 X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -6.1 (------) GNU sort doesn't like a really large value for the -S option. To recreate: First create a 5GB file of random data. $ /usr/bin/dd if=/dev/urandom of=input bs=1048576 count=5000 You can successfully sort it with: $ export LC_ALL='C' $ /usr/bin/sort input >output But if you add a large -S option, you get: $ export LC_ALL='C' $ /usr/bin/sort -S 4G output /usr/bin/sort: -S argument `4G' too large Reproduced with: sort version 8.13 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS sort version 8.16 on Solaris 11 Thanks. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue May 08 12:53:53 2012 Received: (at 11433) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 May 2012 16:53:53 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41418 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SRnfd-0003Tr-8N for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 12:53:53 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]:50288) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SRnfa-0003Td-TN for 11433@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 12:53:52 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 07D7DA60003; Tue, 8 May 2012 09:51:38 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 1XT0cFYS29VV; Tue, 8 May 2012 09:51:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from penguin.cs.ucla.edu (Penguin.CS.UCLA.EDU [131.179.64.200]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A585E39E800C; Tue, 8 May 2012 09:51:37 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FA94F19.20004@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 09:51:37 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120329 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rich Burridge Subject: Re: bug#11433: Bug in GNU sort with large value for the -S option References: <4FA94355.20408@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <4FA94355.20408@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 11433 Cc: 11433@debbugs.gnu.org X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) On 05/08/2012 09:01 AM, Rich Burridge wrote: > $ /usr/bin/sort -S 4G output > /usr/bin/sort: -S argument `4G' too large I don't observe this behavior with sort 8.16 on CentOS 5.8 on x86-64. Perhaps you're running on 32-bit platforms, for which 4 GiB is indeed too large? If so, 'sort' is operating correctly. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue May 08 17:25:15 2012 Received: (at control) by debbugs.gnu.org; 8 May 2012 21:25:15 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:41734 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SRruF-00028W-74 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 17:25:15 -0400 Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([131.179.128.62]:58671) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.72) (envelope-from ) id 1SRruD-00028D-2r for control@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 08 May 2012 17:25:14 -0400 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2D7939E800F; Tue, 8 May 2012 14:22:58 -0700 (PDT) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at smtp.cs.ucla.edu Received: from smtp.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id a83zqRs0eMWb; Tue, 8 May 2012 14:22:56 -0700 (PDT) Received: from penguin.cs.ucla.edu (Penguin.CS.UCLA.EDU [131.179.64.200]) by smtp.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 28F2239E8008; Tue, 8 May 2012 14:22:56 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <4FA98EAF.4020101@cs.ucla.edu> Date: Tue, 08 May 2012 14:22:55 -0700 From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:11.0) Gecko/20120329 Thunderbird/11.0.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rich Burridge Subject: Re: bug#11433: Bug in GNU sort with large value for the -S option References: <4FA94355.20408@oracle.com> <4FA94F19.20004@cs.ucla.edu> <4FA9525E.9060005@oracle.com> In-Reply-To: <4FA9525E.9060005@oracle.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: control X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.13 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org X-Spam-Score: -1.9 (-) tags 11433 notabug close 11433 thanks On 05/08/2012 10:05 AM, Rich Burridge wrote: > how is it capable of sorting the 5GB > file on such a system? If you don't specify -S it should work fine; it uses temp files. Closing the bug as it seems that it's not a bug. From unknown Fri Aug 15 14:46:55 2025 Received: (at fakecontrol) by fakecontrolmessage; To: internal_control@debbugs.gnu.org From: Debbugs Internal Request Subject: Internal Control Message-Id: bug archived. Date: Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:24:03 +0000 User-Agent: Fakemail v42.6.9 # This is a fake control message. # # The action: # bug archived. thanks # This fakemail brought to you by your local debbugs # administrator