[Bug 894051] Re: bzr crashed with OverflowError in _create_z_content_from_chunks(): size does not fit in an int

[Martin Packman]

*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 531612 ***
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/531612

Thanks for the interest in contributing Kesten. There's actually a great
way for you to get started here, as your suggestion to warn when adding
large files was recently implemented on the development version of
Bazaar, and you can follow nearly the whole process Shannon went through
in the merge proposal here:

<https://code.launchpad.net/~weyrick/bzr/54624-warn-on-large-
files/+merge/70691>

Drop by IRC or join the mailing list for more assistance:

<irc://irc.freenode.net/bzr>
<https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/bazaar>

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Title:
  bzr crashed with OverflowError in _create_z_content_from_chunks():
  size does not fit in an int

Status in Bazaar Version Control System:
  New
Status in “bzr” package in Ubuntu:
  New

Bug description:
  Characteristic: I have about 185 new files on a local working directory added to my branch.   Upon commit, a number of files are added but then the system hangs.  The mouse and all processes on my ubuntu 11.10 slow down.  The first time was from the command line.  I had to Ctrl-c to break the process.
  Then i was stuck with a lock on some files in dirstate that prevented me from doing anything.

  A complete reboot (restart wasn't sufficient) allowed me to bzr break-
  lock the process. (note that bzr info gave no indication of locked
  processes - not as suggested by the manual)

  [SOLVED - WORKAROUND] I then used the Bazaar - Explorer gui to add parts of the branch bit by bit.
  It turns out that I had some video animation files.  These seemed to have caused the system hang.
  It's probably a bug that you aren't warned not to add files that are too large.  And that a lock is created rather than rejecting the attempted commit.

  I would like to get involved with launchpad / bazaar.  If someone
  takes this bug fix on, I'd like to ride shotgun and see how they fix
  it.  I could do unit testing afterwards.  Then i'd be on the path to
  being able to contribute myself.  solarmobiletrailers at gmail.com

  ProblemType: Crash
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10
  Package: bzr 2.4.1-1ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.0.0-12.20-generic 3.0.4
  Uname: Linux 3.0.0-12-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: fglrx
  ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4
  Architecture: amd64
  BzrDebugFlags: set()
  BzrVersion: 2.4.1
  CommandLine:
   ['/usr/bin/bzr',
    'qsubprocess',
    '--bencode',
    '@/tmp/QBzr/qsubprocess/tmpk4lBp6']
  CrashDb: bzr
  Date: Wed Nov 23 08:55:27 2011
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/bzr
  FileSystemEncoding: UTF-8
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1)
  InterpreterPath: /usr/bin/python2.7
  Locale: en_US.UTF-8
  PackageArchitecture: all
  Platform: Linux-3.0.0-12-generic-x86_64-with-Ubuntu-11.10-oneiric
  ProcCmdline: /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/bzr qsubprocess --bencode @/tmp/QBzr/qsubprocess/tmpk4lBp6
  ProcEnviron:
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
   SHELL=/bin/bash
  PythonVersion: 2.7.2
  SourcePackage: bzr
  Title: bzr crashed with OverflowError in _create_z_content_from_chunks(): size does not fit in an int
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-11-11 (11 days ago)
  UserEncoding: UTF-8
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