Protocol error: too many arguments

[Andrew Haley]

Dave Korn writes:
 > > -----Original Message-----
 > > From: gcc-owner On Behalf Of Andrew Haley
 > > Sent: 12 October 2004 14:10
 > 
 > > Despite doing my branch commit in individual directories rather than
 > > top level, I got this message again today:
 > > 
 > > Protocol error: too many arguments
 > > 
 > > Last time I saw this error it resulted in corrupted attr files on the
 > > server.
 > > 
 > > I'll try a fresh checkout once my commit is done.
 > 
 >   Should probably Cc overseers, as a heads-up.

Any mail I send to overseers bounces.

I wonder if anyone knows exactly what the limit is.  I'm guessing it's
maybe a postcommit script that hits a kernel limit on the number of
arguments to a command.

Andrew.