Re: Error on CVS commit: cvs [commit aborted]: out of memory; can not allocate 441235120 bytes

KM dixit:

> I am trying to commit a file but am receiving errors as follows:
>cvs [commit aborted]: out of memory; can not allocate 441235120 bytes
>I have a feeling the file must be too large in the cvs repository. the siz=
e is below:=C2=A0
>11269769 1025804 -r--r--r--=C2=A0=C2=A0 1 cvs=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0 cvs=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0 1049389801 Aug 23 19:29 /repository/c=
vsroot/udn/netForensics/buildinputs/vms/SunJRELinux-x64.vm,v

Yes, the file is over 1 GiB large. It likely also has too many lines.

You could try raising =E2=80=9Culimit -d=E2=80=9D or use an LP64 build of C=
VS on
the server.

bye,
//mirabilos
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[...] if maybe ext3fs wasn't a better pick, or jfs, or maybe reiserfs, oh b=
ut
what about xfs, and if only i had waited until reiser4 was ready... in the =
be-
ginning, there was ffs, and in the middle, there was ffs, and at the end, t=
here
was still ffs, and the sys admins knew it was good. :)  -- Ted Unangst =C3=
=BCber *fs