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.

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dd: cryptic error message when bs=<unreasonably large value>
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/591969
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