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bug#2790: emacs 22.1.1 cannot open 5GB file on 64GB 64-bit Linux box
From: |
Eli Zaretskii |
Subject: |
bug#2790: emacs 22.1.1 cannot open 5GB file on 64GB 64-bit Linux box |
Date: |
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 05:59:16 +0300 |
> From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Date: Mon, 12 Sep 2011 00:10:05 +0200
> Cc: 2790@debbugs.gnu.org
>
> Mike Coleman <tutufan@gmail.com> writes:
>
> > I'm trying to open a large (between 4GB and 5GB) file on a x86-64
> > Linux box that has 64GB of RAM. I'm getting the error message
> > "Maximum buffer size exceeded".
>
> A lot of work has gone into making Emacs 24 usable for visiting buffers
> that are larger than 2GB. But I'm not sure if Emacs 24 is quite there
> yet.
>
> Has anybody tried this lately?
We are there. Before I removed the 2GB limit hat was artificially put
there to avoid crashes, I actually visited a file larger than 2GB (I
think it was 3GB and change) and made sure I can move in it, edit it,
and save it.
So I'm closing this bug.