From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from dmta0010.nifty.com (mta-snd00007.nifty.com [106.153.226.39]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B4ED13858D1E for ; Sat, 9 Sep 2023 00:35:15 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.4.2 sourceware.org B4ED13858D1E Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=nifty.ne.jp Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=fail smtp.mailfrom=nifty.ne.jp Received: from HP-Z230 by dmta0010.nifty.com with ESMTP id <20230909003513559.GUBZ.103955.HP-Z230@nifty.com>; Sat, 9 Sep 2023 09:35:13 +0900 Date: Sat, 9 Sep 2023 09:35:14 +0900 From: Takashi Yano To: cygwin@cygwin.com Cc: "Matthew \"mirage335\" Hines" Subject: Re: ARG_MAX missing from getconf Message-Id: <20230909093514.3be884fac1661dc9f9a092b7@nifty.ne.jp> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.7.0 (GTK+ 2.24.30; i686-pc-mingw32) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.1 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00,KAM_DMARC_STATUS,NICE_REPLY_A,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS,TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.6 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.6 (2021-04-09) on server2.sourceware.org List-Id: On Fri, 8 Sep 2023 07:36:48 -0400 "Matthew \"mirage335\" Hines wrote: > Ok, I guess that makes sense. > > My worry was some './configure' script determining that the build > environment is somehow not 'sane'. At least for the limited set of programs > that I use under cygwin, I have set up my CI to now watch for changes in > which binaries are present. Nothing obviously significant in that history > so far. > > At this point, from comparing with my previous CI results, I am guessing > this doesn't affect me, aside from adding an exception to my test case for > this specifically. Might be better to get closer to the usual Linux > behavior I am familiar with, of a much higher, valid, ARG_MAX value. For what purpose do you use ARG_MAX value? In Linux, ARG_MAX value varies by "ulimit -s xxxx" command. In my environment, it's 2097152 by default, however, after ulimit -s 1024 , it will be reduced to 262144. So, I think it is not good idea to use ARG_MAX value for the purpose other than its original purpose. -- Takashi Yano