Just to test this out, I created a 4.7G file of just '\n' and I see exactly the behavior described. I then tried a simple change (attached, based on 7.4.728) to have Vim use LONG_MAX for MAXLNUM rather than the hard-coded value. Now Vim didn't stop loading the file partway through, but it did get killed by the OOM killer after taking up 14G of RAM.
** Patch added: "lnum-long.diff" https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/1374898/+attachment/4392692/+files/lnum-long.diff -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Touch seeded packages, which is subscribed to vim in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1374898 Title: Vim has 32-bitlimits; annoying on really large files and 64-bit machine Status in vim package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: I have a program that I'm debugging. It generates enormous log files which I need to peruse. I use vim as the tool of choice ordinarily, but vim stops loading the text when it reaches line 2147483647. That sounds familiar. It gives no hint of what's wrong, so I tried several times. Then I noticed the line number of the last line it would show. This makes vim useless for the purpose. I regard the limit as an implementation limit which I hope you will extend. I regard the failure to report as a bug which ought to be fixed. I hope you agree. Requests: - On a 64-bit machine it would be nice if that were a 64-bit long long. - On any machine it would be nice if vim noticed it had failed and reported that fact. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 14.04 Package: vim-gtk 2:7.4.052-1ubuntu3 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.13.0-35.62-generic 3.13.11.6 Uname: Linux 3.13.0-35-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.14.1-0ubuntu3.4 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Sat Sep 27 19:56:34 2014 InstallationDate: Installed on 2014-08-11 (47 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 14.04.1 LTS "Trusty Tahr" - Release amd64 (20140723) SourcePackage: vim UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/vim/+bug/1374898/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages Post to : touch-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~touch-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
