Re: [PATCH] libutil: find: Define PATH_MAX for GNU/Hurd systems.

Shigio YAMAGUCHI <[email protected]>
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Hi
> +/* MAX_PATH is not defined in some platforms, most notably GNU/Hurd.
> +   In that case we define it here to some constant. */

Since PATH_MAX is buffer size that realpath(3) assumes,
setting a wrong size would destroy memory.
How can we know correct size?

2016-06-20 1:08 GMT+09:00 Manolis Ragkousis <[email protected]>:

> Hello everyone,
>
> On GNU/Hurd systems PATH_MAX is not defined and as a result the latest
> version of Global cannot be built for them.
>
> This patch is a workaround for this.  Defining to 200 was an arbitrary
> choice from my part.
>
> Thank you,
> Manolis
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