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Dynamic MMap ran out of room



I think it would be nice if the "Dynamic MMap ran out of room" error provided some clue as to how to fix it:

Here's my suggested patch:

--- apt-0.5.27/apt-pkg/contrib/mmap.cc  2001-05-27 01:19:30.000000000 -0400
+++ apt-0.5.27-new/apt-pkg/contrib/mmap.cc      2005-01-07 17:24:43.000000000 -0500
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@
    // Just in case error check
    if (Result + Size > WorkSpace)
    {
-      _error->Error("Dynamic MMap ran out of room");
+      _error->Error("Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache. (man 5 apt.conf)");
       return 0;
    }
 
@@ -273,7 +273,7 @@
    // Just in case error check
    if (Result + Len > WorkSpace)
    {
-      _error->Error("Dynamic MMap ran out of room");
+      _error->Error("Dynamic MMap ran out of room. Please increase the size of APT::Cache. (man 5 apt.conf)");
       return 0;
    }   



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