Mac OS X has a default limit of 256 files, though it can be increased
via ulimit.
Richard
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On Wed, 2007-11-21 at 11:36 +1100, Manuel M T Chakravarty wrote:
> On Mac OS X, 10.5, I get with todays head
>
> Unexpected failures:
> openFile008(normal)
>
> Details appended.
Richard Giraud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
Given how easy it is to increase the limit, I'm guessing that the limit is a
way of detecting and stopping runaway processes. If this is the case, then I
don't consider this a bug; OS X is doing what it should and darcs i
Richard Giraud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
Added script from running 1.1.0pre1.
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Richard Giraud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
Added script from running 1.0.9.
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Richard Giraud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
I compiled darcs 1.0.9 and 1.1.0pre1 with the --disable-mmap and the result is
still the same.
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Richard Giraud <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment:
After doing some investigation, this appears to the be result of OS X limiting
the number of files that a process can have open. Increasing this limit makes
the issue disappear.
By default, user accounts are limited to 256 open file
