Re: On PATH_MAX

[Ludovic Courtès]

"Alfred M\. Szmidt" <address@hidden> writes:

> Make it possible to set the amount a user is able to allocate instead
> of setting any kind of static limit that is impossible to get away
> from without recompiling the whole system.  
>
> Arbitrary limits are poor software design, and have always been.

I tend to agree here.  :-)

Whether the OS architect likes it or not, applications that use the file
system the way GNU Arch does _do_ exist.  And it's not up to the OS
architect to decide whether they should exist at all.

Thanks,
Ludovic.