> >When I run 'make -f Makefile.cvs' with QT3, I find that ln segfaults trying > >to create a symlink. I've included the output of strace showing the problem, > >output of cygcheck and also the stackdump ln produces. I can reproduce this, > >so if you need any more information, please ask. The problem occurs with the > >latest Cygwin CVS. > >ln is 'ln (fileutils) 4.1'. > >cygwin is 'CYGWIN_NT-5.0 ADVENT02 1.3.11(0.52/3/2) 2002-05-03 15:18 i686 > >unknown' > > You're using a locally built version of cygwin. Please run it under gdb > and pinpoint where the problem is occurring. You may find the techniques > in how-to-debug-cygwin.txt useful. As far as I can tell, it's caused by the fact that more than 1024 arguments are being passed to ln and in exec.cc, argv is declared as 1024 elements. Is there any reason this limit shouldn't be upped to, say, 2048 elements? If not, can this change be made in CVS please.
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