[mkgmap-dev] [PATCH v1] increase Table B size

Tue Nov 24 20:05:49 GMT 2009

On Nov 23, 2009, at 23:36, Mark Burton wrote:

> On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 23:27:38 +0100
> Clinton Gladstone <clinton.gladstone at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Nov 23, 2009, at 16:13, Mark Burton wrote:
>> 
>>>   Support larger Table B sizes.
>> 
>> I tested the patch on a map of Germany. When I did, I received the following error:
>> 
>> SEVERE (BlockManager): overflowed directory with max block 65534, current=65535
>> Too many blocks. Use a larger block size with an option such as --block-size=16384 or --block-size=32768
>> 
>> This is new. I have not yet tested to see if the map is broken or not though.
> 
> That's interesting, thanks for the report. I don't understand what it
> means though so it's probably not a good idea to commit that patch
> quite yet.

Strangely, with the same map, but  after updating to r1404, the problem has disappeared. 

Perhaps the problem was caused by sunspots or something?

Cheers.