Subject: Re: FreeBSD and "checking the maximum length of command line
To: Jeremy C. Reed <reed@reedmedia.net>
From: Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.unixbsd.org>
List: tech-pkg
Date: 04/16/2004 20:12:04
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On Fri, 16 Apr 2004 11:05:40 -0700 (PDT)
"Jeremy C. Reed" <reed@reedmedia.net> wrote:

> I still get a very long wait for "checking the maximum length of command
> line arguments..." when building libtool-base-1.5.2nb5 under FreeBSD.
> 
> defs.FreeBSD.mk has:
> 
> +# check for maximum command line length and set it in configure's
> environment,
> +# to avoid a test required by the libtool script that takes forever.
> +.if defined(GNU_CONFIGURE) && defined(USE_LIBTOOL)
> +_OPSYS_MAX_CMDLEN!=    /sbin/sysctl -n kern.argmax
> +CONFIGURE_ENV+=                lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=${_OPSYS_MAX_CMDLEN}
> 
> Should that CONFIGURE_ENV be used in other situations, like building
> libtool-base?

Errm, ignore my previous mail... I was too fast ! :) I think we should set it
when using libtool or not.

Because there are some packages that doesn't require libtool, so the value is
not  cached.

-- 
	Juan RP <juan@xtraeme.unixbsd.org>

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