Dave Gilbert wrote: > Just reading the patch, I'm not sure that's solving both cases - i.e. > 1) That there is a problem if your value is too large for RAM (i.e. a > memory exhausted) > 2) There is something saying 'invalid number' on large values, and that > seems to depend on the word > size of the host. > > I think the original reporter was confused by case (2); IMHO 'Memory > Exhausted' is enough diagnostics for (1).
Thanks for the feedback. If you can demonstrate a precise problem, please report it. -- dd: cryptic error message when bs=<unreasonably large value> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591969 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs