Re: [bug #66499] Parameter for option -j seems not to be validated and can cause hangs

Henrik Carlqvist <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.gnu.make.bugs
Message-ID <[email protected]> 
On Sun,  1 Dec 2024 09:10:04 -0500 (EST)
"Paul D. Smith" <[email protected]> wrote:
> F_GETPIPE_SZ will work on Linux but it's not portable (not part of POSIX
> fcntl)

Suggestion: Use F_GETPIPE_SZ as a limit when it does exist, if not, use some
arbitrary big value which usually will be "big enough with a margin". I did
use 10000 for a similar arbitrary value in my patch at
https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51200

regards Henrik
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