From owner-freebsd-hackers Mon Aug 16 17: 3:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from palrel3.hp.com (palrel3.hp.com [156.153.255.226]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1EF6E1556D for ; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:03:24 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darrylo@sr.hp.com) Received: from postal.sr.hp.com (root@postal.sr.hp.com [15.4.46.173]) by palrel3.hp.com (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.8.5tis) with ESMTP id RAA26793; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:03:20 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mina.sr.hp.com (root@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by postal.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17190)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id RAA18821; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:02:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (darrylo@mina.sr.hp.com [15.4.42.247]) by mina.sr.hp.com with ESMTP (8.8.6 (PHNE_17135)/8.7.3 TIS 5.0) id RAA09883; Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:03:17 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <199908170003.RAA09883@mina.sr.hp.com> To: Mark Jaffe Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: [Fwd: [URGENT] CVS problems] Reply-To: Darryl Okahata In-reply-to: Your message of "Mon, 16 Aug 1999 12:45:29 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 (generated by tm-edit 7.108) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Date: Mon, 16 Aug 1999 17:03:17 -0700 From: Darryl Okahata Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Mark Jaffe wrote: > > > > CVS is issuing an "out of memory" message on attempting to checkin a > > 12MB file. What can I do? There is 300M of swap on the machine, it is > > running FreeBSD 2.2.8, and CVS says: > > "Concurrent Versions System (CVS) 1.9.26 (client/server)" > > Anyone help? How big is the history file size (compared to the processes' max allowed data size)? CVS has a number of brain-damanged areas; one in particular is that CVS reads the *ENTIRE* history file into memory when doing stuff ... and it's doing so simply to scan the history file line-by-line .... -- Darryl Okahata darrylo@sr.hp.com DISCLAIMER: this message is the author's personal opinion and does not constitute the support, opinion, or policy of Hewlett-Packard, or of the little green men that have been following him all day. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message