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(Finsert_file_contents): Give a more appropriate error for files bigger than 2Gb when off_t is 32 bit.
author Jason Rumney <jasonr@gnu.org>
date Wed, 27 Nov 2002 23:50:54 +0000
parents b4fb06f61bfd
children 26e19e854ef3
files src/fileio.c
diffstat 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-) [+]
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--- a/src/fileio.c	Wed Nov 27 23:48:33 2002 +0000
+++ b/src/fileio.c	Wed Nov 27 23:50:54 2002 +0000
@@ -3686,8 +3686,11 @@
   record_unwind_protect (close_file_unwind, make_number (fd));
 
   /* Supposedly happens on VMS.  */
+  /* Can happen on any platform that uses long as type of off_t, but allows
+     file sizes to exceed 2Gb.  VMS is no longer officially supported, so
+     give a message suitable for the latter case.  */
   if (! not_regular && st.st_size < 0)
-    error ("File size is negative");
+    error ("Maximum buffer size exceeded");
 
   /* Prevent redisplay optimizations.  */
   current_buffer->clip_changed = 1;