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Re: tarsnap: Decrypting file would require too much memory

To: Daniel Neades <djn@araxis.com>
Subject: Re: tarsnap: Decrypting file would require too much memory
From: Graham Percival <gperciva@tarsnap.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Dec 2016 12:01:58 -0800
Cc: Colin Percival <cperciva@tarsnap.com>, tarsnap users <tarsnap-users@tarsnap.com>
In-reply-to: <ECD6CD07-D07A-4861-8006-0BD1461CD20E@araxis.com>
References: <6EC3B139-F459-498C-817E-14BCDADE066B@araxis.com> <289496ce-a628-33a3-5a8f-c3e795d31e61@tarsnap.com> <ECD6CD07-D07A-4861-8006-0BD1461CD20E@araxis.com>

On Thu, Oct 20, 2016 at 10:08:43AM +0100, Daniel Neades 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?)
> 
> An option like that would be great.

A new option, --force-resources, has been added to tarsnap git and will be
included in the next release.  This overrides tarsnap's checks of whether
there's enough memory and CPU time.

Cheers,
- Graham

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

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