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Re: On PATH_MAX

From: Alfred M\. Szmidt
Subject: Re: On PATH_MAX
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2005 20:49:01 +0100 
   > This is completely wrong (and I made the same wrong statement
   > before).  First, you only need to recompile the programs using
   > PATH_MAX.

   Actually, not. You only need to recompile existing programs when
   PATH_MAX *shrinks*.

And when it grows, since programs that use the old PATH_MAX will now
no longer work with filenames that are as long as the system supports.
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