GNU bug report logs - #66375
30.0.50; (error "Maximum buffer size exceeded") from (insert-file-contents "/dev/null")

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: sds <at> gnu.org

Date: Fri, 6 Oct 2023 17:13:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 30.0.50

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Message #17 received at 66375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: Po Lu <luangruo <at> yahoo.com>, Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>,
 66375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66375: 30.0.50; (error "Maximum buffer size exceeded") from
 (insert-file-contents "/dev/null")
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2023 21:57:02 -0400

On Sat, 7 Oct 2023 at 01:54, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> wrote:
>
> > From: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
> > Date: Fri, 06 Oct 2023 13:11:35 -0400
> > emacs -Q
> >
> > (insert-file-contents "/dev/null")
> > ==>
> > Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Maximum buffer size exceeded")
> >   insert-file-contents("/dev/null")
>
> This is a "feature".

this is new behavior.
I used /dev/null as "empty gnu score file since forever"


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Sam Steingold <http://sds.podval.org> <http://www.childpsy.net>
<http://steingoldpsychology.com>
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