* config/ltmain.m4sh (func_mode_link): Drop `expr: command line too
	long' error.
	(func_mode_link) [ gnu, aix ]: Rewrite ld script creation to avoid
	repeated file opening.
	(func_mode_link): Rewrite partial linking to avoid quadratic
	scaling by use of temp files, fold and split.

--- config/ltmain.m4sh	2005-04-27 13:30:38.000000000 +0200
+++ config/ltmain.m4sh	2005-05-09 15:36:14.000000000 +0200
@@ -5065,7 +5101,7 @@
 	  fi
 	fi
 
-	if test "X$skipped_export" != "X:" && len=`expr "X$test_cmds" : ".*"` &&
+	if test "X$skipped_export" != "X:" && len=`expr "X$test_cmds" : ".*" 2>/dev/null` &&
 	   test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len" || test "$max_cmd_len" -le -1; then
 	  :
 	else
@@ -5087,70 +5123,70 @@
 	  fi
 	  save_output=$output
 	  output_la=`$ECHO "X$output" | $Xsed -e "$basename"`
-
-	  # Clear the reloadable object creation command queue and
-	  # initialize k to one.
-	  test_cmds=
-	  concat_cmds=
-	  objlist=
 	  delfiles=
-	  last_robj=
-	  k=1
 
 	  if test "X$skipped_export" != "X:" && test "$with_gnu_ld" = yes; then
 	    output=${output_objdir}/${output_la}.lnkscript
 	    func_echo "creating GNU ld script: $output"
-	    $ECHO 'INPUT (' > $output
-	    for obj in $save_libobjs
-	    do
-	      $ECHO \""$obj"\" >> $output
-	    done
-	    $ECHO ')' >> $output
+	    ( echo 'INPUT ('
+	      for obj in $save_libobjs
+	      do
+	        $ECHO \""$obj"\"
+	      done
+	      echo ')'
+	    ) >"$output"
 	    delfiles="$delfiles $output"
 	  elif test "X$skipped_export" != "X:" && test "X$file_list_spec" != X; then
 	    output=${output_objdir}/${output_la}.lnk
 	    func_echo "creating linker input file list: $output"
-	    : > $output
 	    for obj in $save_libobjs
 	    do
-	      $ECHO "$obj" >> $output
-	    done
+	      $ECHO "$obj"
+	    done >"$output"
 	    delfiles="$delfiles $output"
-	    output=\"$file_list_spec$output\"
+	    output="$file_list_spec$output"
 	  else
 	    func_echo "creating reloadable object files..."
-	    output=$output_objdir/$output_la-${k}.$objext
-	    # Loop over the list of objects to be linked.
-	    for obj in $save_libobjs
+	    # Clear the reloadable object creation command queue and
+	    # initialize k to one.
+	    concat_cmds=
+	    objlist=
+	    last_robj=
+	    save_libobjs_file=$always_gentop/save_libobjs
+	    save_libobjs_base=$always_gentop/save_libobjs_sep
+
+	    # FIXME: fix non-builtin $ECHO next line
+	    $ECHO "$save_libobjs" | $SP2NL | $SED -n -e '/./p' >"$save_libobjs_file"
+	    eval test_cmds=\"$reload_cmds $objlist $last_robj\"
+	    len_netto=`expr "X$test_cmds" : ".*"` \
+	        || func_fatal_error "too many arguments in \`reload_cmds'"
+	    test "$len_netto" -lt "$max_cmd_len" \
+	        || func_fatal_error "too many arguments in \`reload_cmds'"
+	    len_allowed=`expr "$max_cmd_len" - "$len_netto"`
+	    func_show_eval "${RM} \"$save_libobjs_base\"?*"
+	    # `fold' accepts long lines, `split' should too.
+	    # We have to split, because `read' is limited to text files.
+	    # Add newline to input to create a regular file.
+	    ( $NL2SP <"$save_libobjs_file"; echo ) \
+		| fold -b -s -w "$len_allowed" \
+		| split -l 1 - "$save_libobjs_base"
+	    k=0
+	    kmax=`( set X "$save_libobjs_base"?*; shift; echo $#)`
+	    for objfile in $save_libobjs_base?*
 	    do
-	      eval test_cmds=\"$reload_cmds $objlist $last_robj\"
-	      if test "X$objlist" = X ||
-		 { len=`expr "X$test_cmds" : ".*"` &&
-		   test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len"; }; then
-		objlist="$objlist $obj"
+	      k=`expr $k + 1`
+	      output=$output_objdir/$output_la-${k}.$objext
+	      objlist=' '`cat "$objfile"`
+	      if test "$k" -eq 1 ; then
+		# The first file doesn't have a previous command to add.
+		eval concat_cmds=\"$reload_cmds $objlist $last_robj\"
 	      else
-		# The command $test_cmds is almost too long, add a
-		# command to the queue.
-		if test "$k" -eq 1 ; then
-		  # The first file doesn't have a previous command to add.
-		  eval concat_cmds=\"$reload_cmds $objlist $last_robj\"
-		else
-		  # All subsequent reloadable object files will link in
-		  # the last one created.
-		  eval concat_cmds=\"\$concat_cmds~$reload_cmds $objlist $last_robj\"
-		fi
-		last_robj=$output_objdir/$output_la-${k}.$objext
-		k=`expr $k + 1`
-		output=$output_objdir/$output_la-${k}.$objext
-		objlist=$obj
-		len=1
+		# All subsequent reloadable object files will link in
+		# the last one created.
+		eval concat_cmds=\"\$concat_cmds~$reload_cmds $objlist $last_robj\"
 	      fi
+	      last_robj=$output
 	    done
-	    # Handle the remaining objects by creating one last
-	    # reloadable object file.  All subsequent reloadable object
-	    # files will link in the last one created.
-	    test -z "$concat_cmds" || concat_cmds=$concat_cmds~
-	    eval concat_cmds=\"\${concat_cmds}$reload_cmds $objlist $last_robj\"
 
 	    if ${skipped_export-false}; then
 	      func_echo "generating symbol list for \`$libname.la'"
@@ -5164,7 +5197,7 @@
 	    # Set up a command to remove the reloadable object files
 	    # after they are used.
 	    i=0
-	    while test "$i" -lt "$k"
+	    while test "$i" -lt "$kmax"
 	    do
 	      i=`expr $i + 1`
 	      delfiles="$delfiles $output_objdir/$output_la-${i}.$objext"