[issue560] Getting source code

[David Roundy]

David Roundy <droundy at darcs.net> added the comment:

On Fri, Nov 09, 2007 at 03:31:09AM -0000, Richard Giraud wrote:
> 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 is doing what 
> it should.
> 
> A reasonable soultion woud be:
> - The item captured in the FAQ.
> - The exception caught and a useful error message displayed (a suggestion to 
> try changing the limit, a link to the FAQ, etc.).

This is definitely a good idea.  But I still consider this at the least a
performance bug:  we are using more resources than we need to use, and
that should be fixed.  The fact that the problem persists when you disable
mmap means that this is *should* be a simple fix: there's no reason we
shouldn't be closing these file handles if we aren't using mmap.

> I've updated the FAQ to include information about the issue and how to change 
> the limit.

Thank you!
-- 
David Roundy
Department of Physics
Oregon State University

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