[Bug ada/30806] execvp: gcc: Argument list too long

[krischik at users dot sourceforge dot net]

------- Comment #2 from krischik at users dot sourceforge dot net  2007-02-15 17:40 -------
Hello Arno,

I reported a few similar bugs to the PolyORB team long ago and we found the
reason as well:

Windows:
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gnat-mingw-gcc-4.2.0.log:checking the maximum length of command line
arguments... (cached) 8192
gnat-mingw-gcc-4.2.0.log:finding the maximum length of command line
arguments... (cached) 8192
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SuSE Linux:
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gnat-pro-6.0.0w.log:finding the maximum length of command line arguments...
49153
gnat-pro-6.0.0w.log:finding the maximum length of command line arguments...
(cached) 49153
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./configure  allways makes that check but no one cares. Or better: can care -
as I don't know another way to pass the files to the linker. 

Sitenote: Linux increased from 32k to 48k since I last checked. But personaly I
think that ever increasing command lines can't be the answer.

You say "WORKSFORME" - So how do you make it work? A shorter path then
"gcc-4.2-20070207" to save a few precious bytes? A custom made bash shell (if
that is at all possible)? Did you test Windows at all?

It is not my aim to upset you with bug reports.

Martin


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krischik at users dot sourceforge dot net changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|RESOLVED                    |UNCONFIRMED
         Resolution|WORKSFORME                  |


http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=30806