[New-bugs-announce] [issue6319] bdist_msi runs out of memory for large packages

[Steven Bethard]

New submission from Steven Bethard <steven.bethard at gmail.com>:

Right now, bdist_msi can run out of memory when used for larger
packages. (I found this problem working with NLTK.) The solution is
really simple - just add a db.Commit() so that stuff gets flushed to
disk more often. The attached patch does just that.

I set this as a release blocker because I think shipping Python 3.1 with
a bdist_msi in that doesn't work for large packages is probably a
mistake, and the patch to fix it is small and non-invasive.

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assignee: bethard
components: Distutils
files: bdist_msi.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 89575
nosy: bethard
priority: release blocker
severity: normal
stage: patch review
status: open
title: bdist_msi runs out of memory for large packages
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file14331/bdist_msi.patch

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