Comment author: @pkmnfrk

Actually, it's grown much bigger. When I first discovered it, it was ~2.25
gigabytes. Just, the second time, when I was documenting it, I killed custom
before it got toooooooooooooooo big.

Also, it does not happen in the dos version, so I /highly/ suspect Simon's
lumping code. Will do research tommorow, when I'm not falling asleep at the
keyboard...

Comment author: Simon Bradley <neworiginal>

This is caused by:

(a) Incorrect file list. Findfiles() is appending entries instead of starting a
new file, which leaves unwanted entries, especially in a new RPG.

(b) Bad handling of non-existent files in lumpfiles().

I have committed a partial fix, which solves the latter, and fixes most serious
side of the problem, but the underlying issue of the incorrect file list is
still unsolved. Creating a new RPG and then saving it now creates a file double
the normal size, since everything is added (at least) twice, although it does
seem to work fine on subsequent access.

Comment author: @bob-the-hamster

from findfiles in allmodex.bas:

    if attrib = 0 then attrib = 255 xor 16
    dim ff%
    ff = FreeFile
    OPEN outfile$ FOR APPEND as #ff 'changed this to append, for efficiency

elsewhere
dim a$
a$ = DIR$(fmask$, attrib)
if a$ = "" then
close #ff
exit sub
end if
DO UNTIL a$ = ""
PRINT #ff,a$
a$ = DIR$("", attrib)
LOOP
CLOSE #ff

Changed and checked in.

Comment author: @pkmnfrk

I distinctly recall this being fixed, especially since Serendipity+ was
released. Marking as such.