Re: Memory allocation problem with latest gawk

[Aharon Robbins]

I can't reproduce this under RH Linux 8.0. What system and
compiler are you using?

Arnold

> Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 15:03:25 +0400
> From: Stanislav Ievlev <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> Subject: Memory allocation problem with latest gawk
>
> Hello friends!
>
> Latest gawk (3.1.2) have a problem with big files processing. Previous version
> works well on my system , but new can't.
>
> Instructions how to reproduce it you can find below:
> --
>
> $ gawk --version|grep Awk
> GNU Awk 3.1.2
> $dd if=/dev/zero of=lll1 bs=1024 count=70
> $cat lll1 |gawk '/.*/ {;}'
> gawk: cmd. line:2: fatal: grow_iop_buffer: iop->buf: can't allocate 
> 1073741826 bytes of memory (Cannot allocate memory)
>
>
> With previous version:
> --
>
> gawk --version|grep Awk
> GNU Awk 3.1.1
> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=lll1 bs=1024 count=70
> $ cat lll1 |gawk '/.*/ {;}'
> (all works well)
>
> ---
> With best regards
> Stanislav Ievlev
>
> ALT Linux Team.