GNU bug report logs - #33560
27.0.50; 6.4 GB of RAM

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Packages: emacs, gnus;

Reported by: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>

Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2018 08:56:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: moreinfo

Merged with 33561

Found in version 5.13

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>
Cc: 33560 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#33560: closed (Re: bug#33560: 27.0.50; 6.4 GB of RAM)
Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 14:26:50 +0200

> From: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>
> Cc: Uwe Brauer <oub <at> mat.ucm.es>, 33560 <at> debbugs.gnu.org,
> 	Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> 
> Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 12:54:54 +0100
> 
> Eli
> 
> I think you closed the bug.

It wasn't me, it was Glenn.  You can clearly see that in the bug
report, https://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=33560.

> However it seems to me a gnus bug, not a real emacs core
> bug. However, gnus is now part of core emacs and that is why the two
> BUG system are unified.
> 
> That is why I think the bug should be left open since it cannot be
> that a 4 MB attachment under gnus consumes 7 GB of RAM.

It's a bug in ImageMagick, an external library Emacs/Gnus uses to
display djvu files.  I suggest to take the problem up with ImageMagick
developers, perhaps they know how to solve it or work around it.
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