[cmake-developers] [CMake 0012411]: file(DOWNLOAD... is not friendly to large files.

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The following issue has been SUBMITTED. 
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http://public.kitware.com/Bug/view.php?id=12411 
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Reported By:                Matthew McCormick
Assigned To:                
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Project:                    CMake
Issue ID:                   12411
Category:                   (No Category)
Reproducibility:            always
Severity:                   major
Priority:                   normal
Status:                     new
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Date Submitted:             2011-08-18 17:28 EDT
Last Modified:              2011-08-18 17:28 EDT
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Summary:                    file(DOWNLOAD... is not friendly to large files.
Description: 
If working with a sufficiently large file, you will run out of memory.

Steps to Reproduce: 
This was observed trying to add large ExternalData for ITK, and the file was
located at file://...
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Issue History 
Date Modified    Username       Field                    Change               
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2011-08-18 17:28 Matthew McCormickNew Issue                                    
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