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From: "John S. Dyson" <toor@dyson.iquest.net>
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Subject: Re: cvs vs default 16MB data limit
In-Reply-To: <199708021703.DAA21674@godzilla.zeta.org.au> from Bruce Evans at "Aug 3, 97 03:03:01 am"
To: bde@zeta.org.au (Bruce Evans)
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> `cvs co -r CSRG dict' fails attempting to allocate a measly 2.4MB
> for dict/web2.  This is with the default data limit of 16MB.
> 
What is the reason for the default data limit of 16MB anyway?  Is there
a reason to keep it so low?  (I know that it might be side-stepping an
issue, but I have had to modify the NCI distribution for the "default.")
It is okay, but why so small?

John