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Re: Protocol error: too many arguments
Ian Lance Taylor writes:
> Andrew Haley <aph@redhat.com> writes:
>
> > Dave Korn writes:
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: gcc-owner On Behalf Of Andrew Haley
> > > > Sent: 12 October 2004 14:10
> > >
> > > > Despite doing my branch commit in individual directories rather than
> > > > top level, I got this message again today:
> > > >
> > > > Protocol error: too many arguments
> > > >
> > > > Last time I saw this error it resulted in corrupted attr files on the
> > > > server.
> > > >
> > > > I'll try a fresh checkout once my commit is done.
> > >
> > > Should probably Cc overseers, as a heads-up.
> >
> > Any mail I send to overseers bounces.
> >
> > I wonder if anyone knows exactly what the limit is. I'm guessing it's
> > maybe a postcommit script that hits a kernel limit on the number of
> > arguments to a command.
>
> Current versions of the CVS server only accepts up to 10000 files in a
> single commit. I think this is a misguided attempt to limit memory
> usage in the server.
10,000 files! Eek! Well, I didn't think I was committing that many.
Is that what the "Protocol error: too many arguments" message refers
to, do you know?
Andrew.