Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1998 12:06:28 +0300 (IDT)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
To: Ralph Proctor <ralphgpr AT shadow DOT net>
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Subject: Re: How to locate djgpp.env?
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On Sun, 30 Aug 1998, Ralph Proctor wrote:

> With my 4MB ramdisk I have had no problem detarring so far but the above is
> revealing.

Try unpacking Emacs some day.  13MB compressed, 50 MB after
decompressing.  I don't expect any RAM disk to be large enough for
that.

The special problem with the DJGPP port of GNU Tar, in case you
wondered, is that it opens a pipe to `gunzip' to uncompress the
.tar.gz file before untarring it.  Since pipes are simulated by
temporary files in DJGPP, the temporary uncompressed archive is
actually stored in its entirety in the temporary directory pointed to
by TMPDIR, and is only deleted when Tar finishes.

> By the way, what do you recommend for normal compiling? I use 4MB because
> the FAQ mentions this size.

I use 4MB myself, and it is enough for most cases.  The FAQ includes
description of some symptoms of insufficient temporary space; if you
see some of them, try enlarging the RAM disk.