Patch ping (Was: Re: maximum command line length check takes more than an hour on AmigaOS with pdksh)

[Dalibor Topic]

Hi,

I've sent in the patch below last week and didn't get a reply ;(.

I'd like to know if my libtool patch is O.K., or is being rejected for some
reason, and how I can fix it in that case.

cheers,
dalibor topic

--- Dalibor Topic <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> the libtool m4 macros check among other things for maximum command line
> length.
> As Tony Wyatt found out [1] the test takes more than an hour to complete on
> m68k-amigaos using pdksh. 
> 
> I've attached a patch that sets maximum command line length on the amiga to
> 8K.
> Tony tested it, and it worked for him. So it would be nice if it could find
> it's way into the next libtool release.
> 
> cheers,
> dalibor topic
> 
> p.s. We have more patches for libtool pending in kaffe 1.1.0 [2]. I'll send
> you
> small patches over the next week on this forum, if that's o.k.
> 
> [1] http://www.kaffe.org/pipermail/kaffe/2003-June/042602.html
> [2] http://www.kaffe.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/kaffe/developers/
> 
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/HG/hiwis/topic/PROJECTS/kaffe/libltdl/acinclude.m4
> kaffe-amiga-libtool/libltdl/acinclude.m4
> --- /HG/hiwis/topic/PROJECTS/kaffe/libltdl/acinclude.m4 Thu Jun  5 10:42:49
> 2003
> +++ kaffe-amiga-libtool/libltdl/acinclude.m4    Tue Jun 10 18:13:38 2003
> @@ -669,2 +669,2 @@
>      lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=8192;
>      ;;
> 
> +  amigaos*)
> +    # On AmigaOS with pdksh, this test takes hours, literally.
> +    # So we just punt it and use a minimum line length of 8192.
> +    lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=8192;
> +    ;;
> +
>   *)
>      # If test is not a shell built-in, we'll probably end up computing a
>      # maximum length that is only half of the actual maximum length, but
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