[libtool-patches] [patch] maximum command line length check for AmigaOS

[Dalibor Topic]

I hope this is the right mailing list to submit patches. I've tried already on
the regular libtool mailing list and got no reply.

--- Dalibor Topic <address@hidden> wrote:
> Date: Sat, 14 Jun 2003 09:45:30 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Dalibor Topic <address@hidden>
> To: address@hidden
> CC: Tony Wyatt <address@hidden>
> Subject: maximum command line length check takes more than an hour on
>  AmigaOS with pdksh
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> the libtool m4 macros check among other things for maximum command line
> length.
> As Tony Wyatt found out [1] the test takes more than an hour to complete on
> m68k-amigaos using pdksh. 
> 
> I've attached a patch that sets maximum command line length on the amiga to
> 8K.
> Tony tested it, and it worked for him. So it would be nice if it could find
> it's way into the next libtool release.
> 
> cheers,
> dalibor topic
> 
> p.s. We have more patches for libtool pending in kaffe 1.1.0 [2]. I'll send
> you
> small patches over the next week on this forum, if that's o.k.
> 
> [1] http://www.kaffe.org/pipermail/kaffe/2003-June/042602.html
> [2] http://www.kaffe.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/kaffe/developers/

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diff -urN /HG/hiwis/topic/PROJECTS/kaffe/libltdl/acinclude.m4 
kaffe-amiga-libtool/libltdl/acinclude.m4
--- /HG/hiwis/topic/PROJECTS/kaffe/libltdl/acinclude.m4 Thu Jun  5 10:42:49 2003
+++ kaffe-amiga-libtool/libltdl/acinclude.m4    Tue Jun 10 18:13:38 2003
@@ -669,2 +669,2 @@
     lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=8192;
     ;;

+  amigaos*)
+    # On AmigaOS with pdksh, this test takes hours, literally.
+    # So we just punt it and use a minimum line length of 8192.
+    lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=8192;
+    ;;
+
  *)
     # If test is not a shell built-in, we'll probably end up computing a
     # maximum length that is only half of the actual maximum length, but