#205112 xdelta fails -- 2 GB file size limit?

Package:
xdelta
Source:
xdelta
Description:
A diff utility which works with binary files
Submitter:
"Zooko"
Date:
2015-11-02 14:09:06 UTC
Severity:
important
#205112#5
Date:
2003-08-12 19:01:15 UTC
From:
To:
linux kernel 2.4.21, reiserfs3

Folks:

Thank you for packaging xdelta!

xdelta consistently errors out with this message:

$ TMPDIR=/usr/tmp time xdelta delta -9 t2.tar.gz t3.tar.gz t2-2-t3.xdelta
Command terminated by signal 25
87.24user 15.55system 4:57.51elapsed 34%CPU (0avgtext+0avgdata 0maxresident)k
0inputs+0outputs (182major+37minor)pagefaults 0swaps

The tmp directory consistently contains two tmp files afterward, one of
which is exactly 2^31 - 1 bytes long:
#205112#10
Date:
2015-11-02 13:58:13 UTC
From:
To:
this its a workaround fix in main upstream, please import:

https://github.com/jmacd/xdelta/commit/f60f342df2fa3379b572e3854d8439a2fa0b5375


Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com
#205112#15
Date:
2015-11-02 14:01:13 UTC
From:
To:
sorry, about the 2Gb size limit theres a devel brand ...

https://github.com/jmacd/xdelta-devel/tree/64bithash

so if that canot be imported that size limit will remain
Lenz McKAY Gerardo (PICCORO)
http://qgqlochekone.blogspot.com


2015-11-02 9:28 GMT-04:30 PICCORO McKAY Lenz <mckaygerhard@gmail.com>: