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

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Message #38 received at 66375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Ed Santiago <bug-emacs <at> edsantiago.com>
Cc: 66375 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#66375: 30.0.50;
 (error "Maximum buffer size exceeded") from (insert-file-contents
 "/dev/null")
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2023 20:43:32 +0200

> From: Ed Santiago <bug-emacs <at> edsantiago.com>
> Phone: 1-505-662-5142
> 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.

The issue with '<(some-command-that-produces-output)' is already fixed
on the emacs-29 branch, so it is no longer part of this bug report.

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