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Re: "Arg list too long" during bootstrap
On Sat, 2004-08-28 at 19:06, Brian Gough wrote:
> Generally it is the number of arguments that is the issue. There is
> usually a way to increase the limit with a kernel parameter (via
> smitty chgsys on AIX, I think).
arg lists are generally the shell not system. If you can figure out a
script name you could try switching the #!/bin/sh line to your bash
line. ksh (sh in aix generally) has a 1k or 2k limit whereas bash has
4k. You could also tweak the script to use xargs if appropriate.
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Thanks
KenF
OpenOffice.org developer