From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: by sourceware.org (Postfix, from userid 2155) id 189413858D1E; Fri, 8 Sep 2023 11:44:43 +0000 (GMT) DKIM-Filter: OpenDKIM Filter v2.11.0 sourceware.org 189413858D1E DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=cygwin.com; s=default; t=1694173483; bh=DDu0CWid5DXPZQQ5bh+oEfCRgEv+jlhqMQdNEYNb8M0=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:Reply-To:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=AThaljGIKK8RgKM2Xbzp73Mb7jkbsVzDfvsk1rk/AwIi+Of2uJp+5HDRONZeUBh1U /dAusbNHNjQ8XYXI6NfJJN/WS5lIDx46aK7/f3hfVmeha/eLfNIRbJgWCFuS5PQEPZ k9u+Vx1PJ3wUih09BpQ/SJ0rxOVeCnztqe4rycu4= Received: by calimero.vinschen.de (Postfix, from userid 500) id 0C3A9A80858; Fri, 8 Sep 2023 13:44:41 +0200 (CEST) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 13:44:41 +0200 From: Corinna Vinschen To: Matthew mirage335 Hines Cc: cygwin@cygwin.com Subject: Re: ARG_MAX missing from getconf Message-ID: Reply-To: cygwin@cygwin.com Mail-Followup-To: Matthew mirage335 Hines , cygwin@cygwin.com References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: List-Id: On Sep 8 07:36, Matthew "mirage335" Hines via Cygwin 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. We just don't have a maximum except an out of resources situation. A standard-conformant application must deal with any sysconf variable denoting a limit to return -1, i. e., "no limit". Corinna