Re: ci failed for large files (>2GB) - diff: memory exhausted

[Hugh Sasse]

Just wondering if you compiled the diff program with large file support?

        Hugh

On Wed, 12 Jan 2011, Peram, Sudhakara wrote:

> Hi All
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> I have compiled RCS with 64-bit to support large files (> 2GB) and it is
> working fine for initial revision. But from second revision onwards it
> is failing if the file size >= 1.1 GB and I am getting the following
> error. This error is more related to diff utility which is used by ci
> command while check-in the file into RCS.
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> Error Message:
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> diff: memory exhausted
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> I did google for this error and I came to know that there some other
> utilities to get rid of this error, but here I am not issuing diff
> command manually (i.e., diff command is issued by ci command internally)
> so I can't use the other available utilities/options. Is there anyway
> get rid of this error like suppressing diff command while check-in or
> compiling diff utility with large file support?
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> My server architecture is : SunOS hostname 5.9 Generic_122300-47 sun4u
> sparc SUNW,Ultra-4
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> Thanks in advance for your help!
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> Regards
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> Sudhakar
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