[p4] "rcs file is too big" error

[Russell C. Jackson]

It would actually improve performance considerably when you sync that 
file. Compressed text is the best format for generated text files.

Thanks,
Rusty

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lccha-p4python at naos.org wrote:
> Hi -
>
> I'm getting the following error on my Perforce server:
>
>   Perforce server error:
>        Date 2006/12/24 10:02:04:
>        Operation: dm-SubmitFile
>        Operation 'dm-SubmitFile' failed.
>        Librarian checkin /import/perforce1/DbDepotData/depot/dir1/dir2/listfile failed.
>        Result rcs file is too big '/import/perforce1/DbDepotData/depot/dir1/dir2/listfile,v', change type to compressed text
>
> This is the size of the RCS file in question.
>     -rw-r--r--  1 perforce perforce 1610096513 Dec 24 11:46 listfile,v
>
> What are my options here?  Does it make sense for me to change the
> file to compressed text, or would that negatively impact performance?
>
> The file being checked in is a text file of about 700K/5600 lines.
> It's a generated file, so the contents of the file change completely
> on each checkin.  It's likely that the diff isn't really saving any
> space anyways.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.  Happy Holidays!
> -L
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