other/3055: Configure error-GCC-3 (CVS source for 6/5/2001) on HPUX 11.0: ltconfig and maximum length of command line operations in zlib

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>Number:         3055
>Category:       other
>Synopsis:       Configure error-GCC-3 (CVS source for 6/5/2001) on HPUX 11.0: ltconfig and maximum length of command line operations in zlib
>Confidential:   no
>Severity:       serious
>Priority:       medium
>Responsible:    unassigned
>State:          open
>Class:          sw-bug
>Submitter-Id:   net
>Arrival-Date:   Tue Jun 05 10:06:04 PDT 2001
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator:     zlib
>Release:        GCC-3.0 (CVS Source 6/5/2001)
>Organization:
>Environment:
HP UX 11.0
GNU bash, version 2.04.0(1)-release (hppa2.0n-hp-hpux11.00)
>Description:
When I run configure, and when configure recurses into the zlib directory, I get the following error (and autoconf stops completely):


finding the maximum length of command line arguments... ./../ltconfig[790]: There is not enough memory available now.
configure: error: libtool configure failed
Configure in /tmp/gcc/zlib failed, exiting.


This halts my build of gcc entirely.  This wasn't a problem in 2.95.x, but it seems to be a problem in all the latest snapshots on GCC 3.x.  I tried to compile with several different shells, with the same result.  I also tried to bypass zlib with the --with-system-zlib, but it still ran configure from the zlib directory
>How-To-Repeat:
Run it as specified in environment.
>Fix:
I removed the zlib directory from the tree, and used
--with-system-zlib, and that seemed to get around the problem.  However, I'm not sure what this will break later.
>Release-Note:
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