GNU bug report logs - #9799
24.0.90; minor bug with --with-wide-int in *Buffer List*

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>

Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:04:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Tags: notabug

Found in version 24.0.90

Done: Glenn Morris <rgm <at> gnu.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 9799 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andreas Schwab <schwab <at> linux-m68k.org>
To: Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE>
Cc: 9799 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#9799: 24.0.90; minor bug with --with-wide-int in *Buffer List*
Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 22:21:07 +0200

Peter Dyballa <Peter_Dyballa <at> Freenet.DE> writes:

> As you can see the 2 GiB TAR file is reported as being 1/6 the size of the
> MP3 file, which actually is approximately 1/30 the size of the TAR file.

The buffer of a tar file only contains the table of contents.  The
actual data is stored in a hidden buffer.

Andreas.

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