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bug#10877: Wimpy external files.
From: |
Paul Eggert |
Subject: |
bug#10877: Wimpy external files. |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Feb 2012 23:26:01 -0800 |
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On 02/25/2012 11:14 PM, Rogier Wolff wrote:
> Many modern operating systems do "lazy" allocation.
Sure, that's an old trick. But this has its own problems:
it can mean a process *thinks* it has memory allocated, but it
doesn't *really* have the memory; which means when it tries to
actually *use* its memory it can get killed. This is not a direction
we want 'sort' to head.
> a slight change in the codebase might be in order
> for "unknown sort size".
Sorry, I didn't follow the rest of that comment. Perhaps you
could suggest a patch? That might explain things better.
"diff -u" format is typically best.
- bug#10877: Wimpy external files., Rogier Wolff, 2012/02/24
- bug#10877: Wimpy external files., Paul Eggert, 2012/02/24
- bug#10877: Wimpy external files., Rogier Wolff, 2012/02/24
- bug#10877: Wimpy external files., Rogier Wolff, 2012/02/25
- bug#10877: Wimpy external files., Paul Eggert, 2012/02/25
- bug#10877: Wimpy external files., Rogier Wolff, 2012/02/26
- bug#10877: Wimpy external files.,
Paul Eggert <=
- bug#10877: Wimpy external files., Rogier Wolff, 2012/02/26