[darcs-users] Too many open files ?

[Juliusz Chroboczek]

>> Version 1.0.7 works perfectally, but version 1.0.8 fails with:
>> darcs-1.0.8-intel: ./sites/Forums/root/images/icoinfo.gif: openFile:  
>> resource exhausted (Too many open files)

>> Any suggestions on next steps to do to find this problem?

> The ChangeLog reminds me that 1.0.8 isn't very different from 1.0.7.
>
> Maybe it's something to do with GHC on Intel Macs?

I believe it's a known bug (slurpies being too lazy, and holding to
open files).  I guess that something changed between .7 and .8 that
causes the exact evaluation order to differ.

There's no solution with current Darcs other than raising your process
limit (« ulimit -n » with a Bourne shell, « limit descriptors » with
a C shell).  A proper fix is doable, but tricky.

                                        Juliusz