Re: [Monotone-devel] Re: mtn cvs_import's "almost certainly a bug"

[Eric Anderson]

Lapo Luchini writes:
 > Lapo Luchini wrote:
 > > I was trying to cvs_import the while FreeBSD /src repository and I got a
 > > std::bad_alloc.
 > > I guess the problem is that some data is kept in RAM and swap file 
 > > finished?
 > >   
 > Yes, I guess that's so, because after a few minutes I got 311M of RES in
 > top, when the CLI showed this:
 > 
 > % time mtn -d org.freebsd.mtn -b org.freebsd.src cvs_import src/
 > mtn: branches | versions
 > mtn:       80 |    84863
 > contrib/libstdc++/config/Attic/x86-interix.ml,v    
 > 
 > But it is normal "bad_alloc"?
 > Maybe a "out of memory error", or is it a "bad_alloc" exactly that?

You're probably running into the problem of monotone keeping the
entire commit in memory.  eddb7e59361efeb8d9300ba0ddd7483272565097
from net.venge.monotone.experiment.performance fixes this.
        -Eric