GNU bug report logs - #2790
emacs 22.1.1 cannot open 5GB file on 64GB 64-bit Linux box

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Mike Coleman <tutufan <at> gmail.com>

Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:00:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #193 received at 2790-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 2790-done <at> debbugs.gnu.org, tutufan <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#2790: emacs 22.1.1 cannot open 5GB file on 64GB 64-bit Linux
	box
Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:59:16 +0300

> From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:10:05 +0200
> Cc: 2790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> Mike Coleman <tutufan <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > I'm trying to open a large (between 4GB and 5GB) file on a x86-64
> > Linux box that has 64GB of RAM.  I'm getting the error message
> > "Maximum buffer size exceeded".
> 
> A lot of work has gone into making Emacs 24 usable for visiting buffers
> that are larger than 2GB.  But I'm not sure if Emacs 24 is quite there
> yet.
> 
> Has anybody tried this lately?

We are there.  Before I removed the 2GB limit hat was artificially put
there to avoid crashes, I actually visited a file larger than 2GB (I
think it was 3GB and change) and made sure I can move in it, edit it,
and save it.

So I'm closing this bug.
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