Bug#137823: bibtex fails with : Sorry---you've exceeded BibTeX's buffer size 5000

[Sven <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>]

On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 09:39:18AM +0900, Atsuhito Kohda wrote:
> From: Sven <luther@dpt-info.u-strasbg.fr>
> Subject: Bug#137823: bibtex fails with : Sorry---you've exceeded BibTeX's buffer size 5000
> Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2002 10:36:36 +0100
> 
> > Sorry---you've exceeded BibTeX's buffer size 5000
> > make: *** [article.bbl] Segmentation fault
> > make: *** Deleting file `article.bbl'
> 
> > Also i did look into the /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf, but did not find
> > anything which seems to affect the bibtex buffer size.
> 
> I am not sure but to change buf_size = 50000 of

I tried buf_size = 500000, but without success, i will try again and report to
you about it<

> /etc/texmf/texmf.cnf to something like 
> buf_size = 100000 doesn't help you?
> 
> buf_size.bibtex = 100000 might be alternative if the
> problem is bibtex specific.

Mmm, i will try this also.

Friendly,

Sven Luther