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Re: tarsnap: Decrypting file would require too much memory

To: tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com, djn@araxis.com, cperciva@tarsnap.com
Subject: Re: tarsnap: Decrypting file would require too much memory
From: Jamie Landeg-Jones <jamie@dyslexicfish.net>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 13:48:28 +0100
In-reply-to: <289496ce-a628-33a3-5a8f-c3e795d31e61@tarsnap.com>
References: <6EC3B139-F459-498C-817E-14BCDADE066B@araxis.com> <289496ce-a628-33a3-5a8f-c3e795d31e61@tarsnap.com>

Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com> wrote:

> Maybe we should add a --passphrase-force option which overrides tarsnap's
> attempt to autodetect whether there's enough memory.  (Does anyone have a
> preference for what the option is named?)

After lately spending some time on Unix portability issues, and going through the difference betwwen many commands on FreeBSD/Linux with respect to POSIX, I vote for "--memoryly-correct"

Ok,I'll get my coat... :-)

Jamie!

References:
- tarsnap: Decrypting file would require too much memory
  - From: Daniel Neades <djn@araxis.com>
- Re: tarsnap: Decrypting file would require too much memory
  - From: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>

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