Re: "argument list too long" error

[Bob Friesenhahn]

On Wed, 25 Mar 2015, Vincent Torri wrote:

> hello,
>
> In a project i'm following, i've seen that bug report:
>
> https://phab.enlightenment.org/T2225
>
> The build system pass a huge number of identical options and libtool does not 
> try to remove them
>
> is it a problem with libtool (that is, libtool should indeed remove such 
> identical options) or in the build system (that is,
> we should optimize the build system so that non identical options are passed) ?

The URL you posted requires a login.  Are you able to provide an 
example or summarize the problematic identical options here?

Libtool is not intended to be an optimizer.  If it drops or re-orders 
options (as happens sometimes), then the build may fail.

A list of arguments which is already too long when libtool is invoked 
is already a lost cause.

Bob
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