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| author | Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@yadro.com> | 2018-12-13 18:34:52 +0300 |
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| committer | Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com> | 2019-01-02 14:06:45 -0600 |
| commit | 64e5ddb08f39360494b8298c1d249c8813949749 (patch) | |
| tree | 0b51978bd655d471957cd68edc1500fc2518a8ef /cfg.mk | |
| parent | 4652c7bafa60332145f1e05a7de5f48e1bc56226 (diff) | |
| download | gnulib-64e5ddb08f39360494b8298c1d249c8813949749.tar.gz | |
maint.mk: Split long argument lists
$(VC_LIST_EXCEPT) is usually expanded into arguments for a command.
When a project contains too many, some operating systems can't pass all
the arguments because they hit the limit of arguments. FreeBSD and macOS
are known to have the exec limit of 256k memory used by arguments.
More on the issue:
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-gnulib/2015-08/msg00019.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2015-August/msg00758.html
xargs without flags can be used to limit number of arguments, coupled
with use of the shell's built-in echo which is not subject to the exec
limits.
Signed-off-by: Roman Bolshakov <r.bolshakov@yadro.com>
Message-Id: <20181213153453.38123-2-r.bolshakov@yadro.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Blake <eblake@redhat.com>
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