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

From: Ed Santiago <bug-emacs <at> edsantiago.com>
To: 66375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.50;
 (error "Maximum buffer size exceeded") from (insert-file-contents
 "/dev/null")
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 09:46:32 -0700

Another reproducer, somewhat more common than /dev/null:

    $ emacs --insert <(date)

"date" is trivial, but '<(some-command-that-produces-output)' is
a common pattern. Emacs 29 breaks this.
This bug report was last modified 1 year and 190 days ago.

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