From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue May 31 15:56:52 2016 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 31 May 2016 19:56:52 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:48675 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b7pmV-0004S5-Si for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 15:56:52 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:45727) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1b7pmU-0004Rt-CT for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 15:56:50 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7pmO-0003T5-DZ for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 15:56:45 -0400 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on eggs.gnu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.8 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,T_DKIM_INVALID autolearn=disabled version=3.3.2 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::11]:50378) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7pmO-0003Ss-AM for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 15:56:44 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:36685) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7pmM-00037g-4y for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 15:56:43 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7pmH-0003Rg-PI for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 15:56:41 -0400 Received: from mailrelay2.public.one.com ([91.198.169.125]:44634) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1b7pmH-0003R5-Bz for bug-guix@gnu.org; Tue, 31 May 2016 15:56:37 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; d=enge.fr; s=20140924; h=from:subject:date:message-id:to:mime-version:content-type; bh=kBj5xaM7LmW8CzWvEwNV+gW0dYczbOtrQZVi7jjxVeg=; b=qmbIZyYtZI4U6TdaBsKC9i3cPCx6CTlH3O5zHsZK3koOnsz/VHO23oGmKZqiIhlU/G5xehIaszwLt Jyc12Tjfn0os/GyDwFEeVVIDkG5Xa0chJihwtT08S7+G5FXIcOP8ez/MkZH/ZMNF8bQDMLaLZ/3aYN H857ZgjDuGCtqVhI= X-HalOne-Cookie: af39bd020affca61a32a26ee296b8dfa93ba0fea X-HalOne-ID: c69c5c69-2769-11e6-8278-b82a72d03b9b Received: from solar (unknown [92.89.73.211]) by smtpfilter2.public.one.com (Halon Mail Gateway) with ESMTPSA; Tue, 31 May 2016 19:56:33 +0000 (UTC) Date: Tue, 31 May 2016 21:56:31 +0200 From: Andreas Enge To: bug-guix@gnu.org Subject: guix download fails for large files Message-ID: <20160531195631.GA22897@solar> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.6.0 (2016-04-01) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: FreeBSD 9.x X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6.x X-Received-From: 2001:4830:134:3::11 X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -5.0 (-----) Hello, since I am regularly rebuilding texlive (who is not!), I would like to keep the source tarball on my machine, and whenever I garbage collect it from the store, add it back via guix download file:texlive-20150523-texmf.tar.xz On my Novena with a 32 bit processor and 4 GB of main memory, this fails with guix download: error: sendfile: Broken pipe The file itself has 1,8 GB. Downloading the file via http as part of "guix build" works, and "guix download file:" also works on my x86_64 machine with 8 GB of RAM. Andreas