Bug#137823: bibtex fails with : Sorry---you've exceeded BibTeX's buffer size 5000
On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 11:34:03AM +0000, Julian Gilbey wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 14, 2002 at 10:52:55AM +0100, Sven wrote:
> > 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<
>
> Just a quick check; your BibTeX input file (the .bib file) was not
> created on a Macintosh by any chance? If you run the following
> command on your .bib file before you try running BibTeX again, do
> things improve?
No, i am a linux only user, but then i did use a vfat floppy disk to move
files, will try your perl magic spell this evening and report back on monday.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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