[bug #36451] [PATCH] Do not allocate buffer on stack when constructing the command argv

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                 Summary: [PATCH] Do not allocate buffer on stack when
constructing the command argv
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Fri 11 May 2012 12:35:47 PM UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: None
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
       Component Version: None
        Operating System: None
           Fixed Release: None
           Triage Status: None

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Details:

The stack will overflow when building webkit on uclibc due to the command line
buffer gets over 250k.

So instead of using alloca(), use (x)malloc().





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File Attachments:


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Date: Fri 11 May 2012 12:35:47 PM UTC  Name: use-malloc.patch  Size: 1kB   By:
None
patch that fixes the issue
<http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/download.php?file_id=25834>

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