[Bug gold/5990] running out of file descriptors when linking >1024 files

[shausman at trolltech dot com]

------- Additional Comments From shausman at trolltech dot com  2008-08-05 
16:06 -------
(In reply to comment #6)
> You reopened this bug report.  Can you provide any more information about the
> failing case?  As it is, I don't know how to address the problem.  I've tested
> it by reducing the ulimit on my machine, and it worked as I expected when 10
> file descriptors were available.  I think that is a reasonable requirement.  I
> don't know of any Unix system which restricts processes to fewer than 20 file
> descriptors.

ulimit -n reports 1024 on my machine. The "testcase" I'm trying to build is the 
Qt port of WebKit,
which has long link line, but I don't think they're more than say 300 object 
files.

I'll try to provide some more detailed instructions on how to reproduce/build 
it.



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