[p4] "rcs file is too big" error

[Stephen Vance]

There are two issues. One is how to fix your current problem. The other 
is how to go forward.

On the first, the size of the file is large, but not horribly abnormal. 
I would contact support to work through this one. I'm guessing there's 
something else going on here.

Going forward, you may want to make it compressed text (+C) or full file 
(+F). However, changing the file type will not change it retro-actively, 
thus the need to fix the current problem first.

Steve

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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