Re: Unable to commit 150MB text design file (out of memory)

[Larry Jones]

Bulgrien, Kevin writes:
> 
> Using a 1.11 cvs client under MSYS to a 1.11.19 server on Mandriva Corporate
> Server 4.0, I am getting the following errors when trying to commit a ~150M
> text, design file (-ko) to CVS, or when I try cvs update on a directory that
> has this file in it.  I `cvs add`ed the file already.
> 
>   cvs [remove aborted]: out of memory

If you look that error message up in the CVS manual, you'll see the
following -- note particularly the last two sentences:

        There is insufficient (virtual) memory available to continue. In
        client/server mode, the problem is almost certainly on the
        server rather than the client; see Server requirements for
        memory estimates. Many systems have limits on the amount of
        virtual memory that a single process can use, so a process can
        run out of virtual memory long before the system itself has run
        out. The method of increasing the per-process limits varies
        depending on the operating system. 
-- 
Larry Jones

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