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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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 66375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#66375: 30.0.50; (error "Maximum buffer size exceeded") from (insert-file-contents "/dev/null")
Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 21:22:20 +0300

> From: Sam Steingold <sds <at> gnu.org>
> Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2023 12:44:18 -0400
> Cc: luangruo <at> yahoo.com, eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu, 66375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> 
> When I enter a group for which I set score file to nil or /dev/null in
> gnus-score-file-single-match-alist
> I get this:
> 
> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (error "Maximum buffer size exceeded")
>   insert-file-contents("/dev/null")
>   gnus-score-load-score-alist("/dev/null")
>   gnus-score-load-file("/dev/null")

gnus-score-file-single-match-alist is a defcustom, so you could
replace "/dev/null" in the alist with some real file that is empty,
couldn't you?
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