m4/getcwd-path-max.m4 hangs with busybox + btrfs

2024-03-31 Thread NightStrike
See https://bugs.gentoo.org/447970 for extra details. While this gentoo report has a workaround posted just a few months ago, it seems that the test itself is faulty, as a failure mode should not be to hang the entire computer. When running this configure test on my particular system, a NAS runni

Re: m4/getcwd-path-max.m4 hangs with busybox + btrfs

2024-03-31 Thread NightStrike
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 18:44 Bruno Haible wrote: > NightStrike wrote: > > See https://bugs.gentoo.org/447970 for extra details. While this > > gentoo report has a workaround posted just a few months ago, it seems > > that the test itself is faulty, as a failure mode should n

Re: m4/getcwd-path-max.m4 hangs with busybox + btrfs

2024-03-31 Thread NightStrike
On Sun, Mar 31, 2024, 19:02 Bruno Haible wrote: > NightStrike wrote: > > In my setup, there is no sandbox. > > ... > > Later on, there are data points that show that the algorithm is bad even > > outside the sandbox, it's just less noticeable. And as mentioned, on

Re: m4/getcwd-path-max.m4 hangs with busybox + btrfs

2024-03-31 Thread NightStrike
On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 12:19 AM Paul Eggert wrote: > > On 2024-03-31 18:07, NightStrike wrote: > > I don't quite understand your animosity here. > > I don't see any animosity in Bruno's comments. Clearly the system you're > talking about has a severe per