Re: strange memory usage for nntp groups

[Eric S Fraga <e.fraga@ucl.ac.uk>]

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On Thursday, 28 Dec 2017 at 00:24, Emanuel Berg wrote:
> Eric S Fraga wrote:
>
>> Is there some variable that I may be setting
>> that affects memory use so dramatically?
>> Or is there some variable I should set to
>> avoid this problem? I have set
>> gnus.thread.refer.limit to 0 but have done no
>> other tests.
>
> Could this be the same thing I have reported
> a couple of times? I.e. the huge .overview
> files? E.g., my gmane.emacs.help ditto isn't
> that big at the moment - only 36M!
>
>     $ find ./ -name .overview -exec ls -lh {} \;

Ah, interesting; it could be.  My gmane.linux.debian.user overview file,
for instance, is 162Mb!

Is there a solution?  What if I delete the overview file?  Will having
it regenerate lead to the same size?

Thanks,
eric

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Eric S Fraga via Emacs 27.0.50, org 9.1.5

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