Re: tar vfs memlimit?

[Pavel Roskin <proski gnu org>]

Hello!

> not meaning to annoy, just wishing to understand. ;-)

No need to apologize.  Your message is very useful.

> occasionally, i get a hint:
>     Hint: Have you plenty of RAM/Virtual RAM? Set the tar VFS memlimit
> to -1.

This hint would have never been added if I was maintaining mc those days.  
Hints should not cover defects in the user interface.

> the only place i see a memlimit is in vfs/vfs.h:
>     extern int tar_gzipped_memlimit;
> (otherwise unused - a relict?)

Yes, I've removed it together with all strings referring to "-1" in all 
hint files.

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Regards,
Pavel Roskin