From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: References: <1f1d7a2baa1d2aecf072b218e9c1e1b0@coraid.com> Date: Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:38:46 +0000 Message-ID: <6a3ae47e0910280238j331cdf15u31d1a0d47c0c2ec5@mail.gmail.com> From: Robert Raschke To: Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs <9fans@9fans.net> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=0023545bd84cb3ee500476fb8f9a Subject: Re: [9fans] env size limit Topicbox-Message-UUID: 92c1bfae-ead5-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 --0023545bd84cb3ee500476fb8f9a Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:21 PM, roger peppe wrote: > 2009/10/27 erik quanstrom : > > On Tue Oct 27 12:52:52 EDT 2009, rogpeppe@gmail.com wrote: > >> the environment variable size limit is set to 16300 bytes which > >> seems rather small; for instance it can break mkfiles for large > projects. > >> > >> might a patch specifying a larger size limit (e.g. 128K) be accepted? > > > > you need a single variable that's bigger than 16300 bytes? > > > > - erik yes. > > for instance when there are a few thousand source files > and one wants to link them all. > Use libraries! Robby --0023545bd84cb3ee500476fb8f9a Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Oct 27, 2009 at 9:21 PM, roger peppe <rogpeppe@gmail.com> wrote:
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2009/10/27 erik quanstrom <quanst= ro@coraid.com>:
> On Tue Oct 27 12:52:52 EDT 2009, rogpeppe@gmail.com wrote:
>> the environment variable size limit is set to 16300 bytes which >> seems rather small; for instance it can break mkfiles for large pr= ojects.
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>> might a patch specifying a larger size limit (e.g. 128K) be accept= ed?
>
> you need a single variable that's bigger than 16300 bytes?
>
> - erik=C2=A0
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yes.

for instance when there are a few thousand source files
and one wants to link them all.

Use libraries!
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Robby


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