On 15 August 2007 04:59, Paul Smith wrote: > On Sun, 2007-08-12 at 22:31 -0400, Kothanda_Sathya wrote: >> How it looks on our GNUmakefile, if sources specified within the limit >> around 450, this error occurs otherwise it reports error the parameter >> or environment list are too long. > > The maximum size of the environment for a new process (which includes > not only the environment variables but also the command line arguments) > is a limit set by the operating system (the kernel). It has nothing to > do with GNU make and there is no possible way that GNU make can increase > that limit: it's not modifiable from user space (in fact typically it > can't be modified except by recompiling the kernel).
I came up with an idea that solves some cases of this problem: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/help-make/2007-03/msg00011.html Could dust off the patch and rework it against current cvs if anyone cares. cheers, DaveK -- Can't think of a witty .sigline today.... _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
