From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS31976 209.132.180.0/23 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.0 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_HI,RCVD_IN_SORBS_WEB,RP_MATCHES_RCVD shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id D9A9F20899 for ; Mon, 14 Aug 2017 16:05:23 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753067AbdHNQFW (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:05:22 -0400 Received: from mout.gmx.net ([212.227.15.19]:56179 "EHLO mout.gmx.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752754AbdHNQFT (ORCPT ); Mon, 14 Aug 2017 12:05:19 -0400 Received: from virtualbox ([37.201.192.198]) by mail.gmx.com (mrgmx002 [212.227.17.190]) with ESMTPSA (Nemesis) id 0LwaMR-1dXVGb3z4h-018J81; Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:05:11 +0200 Date: Mon, 14 Aug 2017 18:05:10 +0200 (CEST) From: Johannes Schindelin X-X-Sender: virtualbox@virtualbox To: "Dr.-Ing. Christoph Cullmann" cc: git@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Bug with corruption on clone/fsck/... with large packs + 64-bit Windows, problem with usage of "long" datatype for sizes/offsets? In-Reply-To: <1232852793.287524.1502435085656.JavaMail.zimbra@absint.com> Message-ID: References: <1232852793.287524.1502435085656.JavaMail.zimbra@absint.com> User-Agent: Alpine 2.21.1 (DEB 209 2017-03-23) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII X-Provags-ID: V03:K0:XViUjO7rqJdg9DCdyGFwqrBMr912oIszGBsK22NUVfSF4oS31pv ejr3njngYid4eYjQUtsbxJMk+0/xBqmpPVqA3HM04AC8hH1q2WNRdDPQubM+JKrFK+s/uWb sEQqV2ngJG8qoS57zScWy7d3wgzagNpEmaBaGlHvwNdgFJmVSw0q41dDDo2rC5fQ8XFtjEz Oj4cgVXw3LJFlBuSoU3hg== X-UI-Out-Filterresults: notjunk:1;V01:K0:dtwTcBJftZQ=:UaNm+zAIW2QjiiWdbJwofp Lr1zrjdUx0FZr1dxjdhKbJyVvARJEm9utsTMn0DMmdH3w5fmCEuXLF+wykyWMenIwMbQgiNDe mv6hIWSCimkYfUv9xU9wN0JBgSTwj2mzSb5Xu2GoAmEyAM8eQZkZVc0tm4QvOEZ0VnTDB80pu U8ai4thBrEtk07qPSyKKwwDKY1M3yb7FbccZ6PWMHpJ5cFjksPXOnLveUQzHERW99JMcCa9ic PS9pMdrl8C726VzxmDJeuc11X7F2ouU124ZWpb2QmTt9yKClLto/lyiegUsGGkMTpfNcFXFP8 JZPvd7J/UeVhOV9FK++rmPUccMPl1OkxWvYCam1r7bbrvKp3nZGTzcyQ6QZlQhA2mz1zeVkkj F0ORkBXorLoVWzQPwkP6eyuTP1GRSMa6N+zFKAkr7UlgRE7acQZTBppmLrQzrw6yd/NPLHsy4 6xMXfOuaLbcHf+FbWBAjN+zJcZltqBc4BJgDtIOfmH/nE4yrQy7icnoGqn3FZ0OTfRz9nqWHt k5G8EX3zOaTpde8DD2/JBvdnJok1jTABteDP4DZAkgZnG3WpPedfb0gwgK//wvk00DlyKEVER mRnMmMuelQFNypwk2NmtWYBBaBrZfrUlfY1NV+P9tBoZIn70Ci6FAHg/6tSdj3i6pXXEJ8/il 0jwcrflMCZig/guSn4nnXw98bjDNM2HtNEZdKM0SR7cIONtzwCgtKlNQj8reUih7m9y7mSzp/ 2nMEXq3UPQ7vW4epPpqwGlv0Dh+wpEtDwHmt+im8xyj6KfHZOV2okQihsmI2Md96pFz0HdDjN /wyZXa6HITlpuXnHDISTGFbH/1SaGZ4KQFY2rCR5tIaTEz9/mY= Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org Hi Christoph, On Fri, 11 Aug 2017, Dr.-Ing. Christoph Cullmann wrote: > on Windows 64-bit, for a repository having a .pack file > 4GB I get > during cloning: The reason is Git's source code that over-uses the `unsigned long` datatype. In a nearby-thread, an underappreciated effort by Martin Koegler is underway to get the ball rolling in getting it fixed. Maybe you can help making Martin a lot more welcome on the Git mailing list, and maybe even help getting his patches reviewed and integrated? Ciao, Johannes