When building libgfortran a long line with around 600 entries of the form .libs/maxloc0_16_r16.o is created, which due to these 600 entries has already around 11000 characters, which for older Linux systems makes the build fail. I have discussed this on the mailing list, and was encouraged to submit this as a bug. The error message and the context: /bin/sh ./libtool --tag=CC --mode=link /home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Gcc/gcc-4.5.2_build/./gcc/xgcc -B/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Gcc/gcc-4.5.2_build/./gcc/ -B/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/Installations/Gcc/4.5.2/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/bin/ -B/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/Installations/Gcc/4.5.2/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/lib/ -isystem /home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/Installations/Gcc/4.5.2/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/include -isystem /home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/Installations/Gcc/4.5.2/x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu/sys-include -std=gnu99 -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes -Wold-style-definition -Wextra -Wwrite-strings -fcx-fortran-rules -ffunction-sections -fdata-sections -g -O2 -o libgfortran.la -version-info `grep -v '^#' /home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Gcc/gcc-4.5.2/libgfortran/libtool-version` -no-undefined -bindir "/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/Installations/Gcc/4.5.2/bin" -lm -Wl,--version-script=/home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/builds/Gcc/gcc-4.5.2/libgfortran/gfortran.map -rpath /home/csoliver/SAT-Algorithmen/OKplatform/ExternalSources/Installations/Gcc/4.5.2/lib/../lib64 backtrace.lo bounds.lo compile_options.lo convert_char.lo environ.lo error.lo fpu.lo main.lo memory.lo pause.lo stop.lo string.lo select.lo all_l1.lo all_l2.lo all_l4.lo all_l8.lo all_l16.lo any_l1.lo any_l2.lo any_l4.lo XXX many more of these XXX make[4]: execvp: /bin/sh: Argument list too long make[4]: *** [libgfortran.la] Error 127
For target libraries, it does seem best to use a response file for linking.
Is this still valid?
> Is this still valid? No feedback, closing as WONTFIX.