[buildd-tools-devel] Bug#708844: buildd-mail: cannot move packages > 50Mb correctly to upload directory

[Kurt Roeckx]

On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 11:58:07AM +1200, Michael Cree wrote:
> 
> cp: writing '/home/buildd/upload/ghc_7.4.1-4+b1_alpha.deb': File too large
> cp: failed to extend '/home/buildd/upload/ghc_7.4.1-4+b1_alpha.deb': File too large
> May 19 08:26:43 buildd-mail[2354]: Cannot copy ghc_7.4.1-4+b1_alpha.deb to /home/buildd/upload/
> cp: writing '/home/buildd/upload/ghc-prof_7.4.1-4+b1_alpha.deb': File too large
> cp: failed to extend '/home/buildd/upload/ghc-prof_7.4.1-4+b1_alpha.deb': File too large

This really is cp that is generating an error, and seems unrelated
to buildd.  I also never saw any such problem.

Are you sure you didn't set up some limits for file sizes somehow?
Try "ulimit -f".


Kurt