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 #35 received at 2790 <at> emacsbugs.donarmstrong.com (full text, mbox):

From: Mike Coleman <tutufan <at> gmail.com>
To: Stefan Monnier <monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca>
Cc: 2790 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Subject: Re: bug#2790: emacs 22.1.1 cannot open 5GB file on 64GB 64-bit Linux 
	box
Date: Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:39:39 -0500

On Thu, Mar 26, 2009 at 7:32 PM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier <at> iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
> These bugs
> shouldn't be too hard to fix, but even with my 4GB machine, opening such
> large files is really painful, which makes it difficult to debug.

I understand.  Part of the reason I'm reporting this is that have easy
access to a somewhat unusually large machine.  I don't know much of
anything about debugging emacs per se (as opposed to any random GNU C
program), but if I can get some hints, I'll try to do what I can.

Mike
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