From: Brian Gough <bjg@network-theory.co.uk>
To: David Kramer <david@thekramers.net>
Cc: gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org
Subject: Re: "Arg list too long" during bootstrap
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2004 23:51:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87vff3einw.fsf@network-theory.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: David Kramer's message of "Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:24:48 -0400 (EDT)"
David Kramer <david@thekramers.net> writes:
> I am bootstrapping gcc 3.4.0 on AIX 5.2 from a binary 3.3.3 I downloaded
> (compiled for 5.1: I could not find a 5.2 one).
> ...
> xgcc: installation problem, cannot exec
> `/dkramer/bldgcc340wa/gcc/collect2': Arg list too long
>
> This is the second time I saw this. After the first time, I STWF and found
> that it could mean the commands were too long (due to paths), so I moved
> everything to my home directory so all the paths are shorter...
>
> Is there anything else that can cause this, or a way around it?
Generally it is the number of arguments that is the issue. There is
usually a way to increase the limit with a kernel parameter (via
smitty chgsys on AIX, I think).
--
Brian Gough
Network Theory Ltd,
Publishing "An Introduction to GCC" --- http://www.network-theory.co.uk/gcc/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-28 9:06 UTC|newest]
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2004-08-28 11:29 David Kramer
2004-08-28 23:51 ` Brian Gough [this message]
2004-08-29 15:26 ` Ken Foskey
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