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[Bug middle-end/21706] MAXPATHLEN usage in [gcc]/gcc/tlink.c
- From: "ams at gnu dot org" <gcc-bugzilla at gcc dot gnu dot org>
- To: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: 26 May 2005 12:59:26 -0000
- Subject: [Bug middle-end/21706] MAXPATHLEN usage in [gcc]/gcc/tlink.c
- References: <20050522121257.21706.ams@gnu.org>
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------- Additional Comments From ams at gnu dot org 2005-05-26 12:59 -------
(In reply to comment #3)
> Like most POSIX limits PATH_MAX may not be defined if the actual limit is not
> fixed.
Correct, and GNU doesn't have such a limit for the length of filenames, the
number of arguments passed to a program or the length of a hostname. And
probobly a whole bunch of other things that have slipped my mind right now.
All of this is perfectly compliant with POSIX.
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