Re: bin/38004: /bin/sh truncates a message for unobvious reasons

[yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost (YAMAMOTO Takashi)]

> The following reply was made to PR bin/38004; it has been noted by GNATS.
> 
> From: David Laight <david%l8s.co.uk@localhost>
> To: gnats-bugs%NetBSD.org@localhost
> Cc: 
> Subject: Re: bin/38004: /bin/sh truncates a message for unobvious reasons
> Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2008 18:33:04 +0000
> 
>  On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 08:20:02AM +0000, yamt%mwd.biglobe.ne.jp@localhost 
> wrote:
>  > >Number:         38004
>  > >Synopsis:       /bin/sh truncates a message for unobvious reasons
>  >    
>  > >Environment:
>  > >Description:
>  >    when printing ps->cmd, commandtext() truncates it for
>  >    unobvious reasons.
>  > >How-To-Repeat:
>  >    
>  > >Fix:
>  > +#if 1
>  > +  len = sizeof(ps->cmd);
>  > +#else
>  >    if (iflag || mflag || sizeof ps->cmd < 100)
>  >            len = sizeof(ps->cmd);
>  >    else
>  >            len = sizeof(ps->cmd) / 10;
>  > +#endif
>  
>  When is this a problem?
>  IIRC the purpose of the test is to speed up shell scripts - where it
>  is really pointless regenerating the command line in this form at all.
>  
>       David
>  
>  -- 
>  David Laight: david%l8s.co.uk@localhost

outputs like the following is not very useful.

YAMAMOTO Takashi


obj ===> games/backgammon
obj ===> bin/dd
obj ===> gnu/lib/crtstuff4
obj ===> games/banner
[1]   Abort trap              /nfs/eos-fs.nfsk...
--- obj-backgammon ---
*** [obj-backgammon] Error code 134
A failure has been detected in another branch of the parallel make

nbmake: stopped in /siro/nbsd/src/bin/chio