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

[Michael Cree]

On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 02:27:15AM +0200, Kurt Roeckx wrote:
> 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".

'ulimit -f' prints unlimited.  But that is from the buildd login.

buildd-mail gets run by the mail system (postfix) --- I wonder if that is 
imposing a limit.  I will have to contact the site administrator who set up
the mail system to investigate further.

Cheers
Michael