Date:	Thu, 14 Jul 1994 17:39:29 -0400 (EDT)
From:	Chris Tate <FIXER AT FAXCSL DOT DCRT DOT NIH DOT GOV>
To:	djgpp AT sun DOT soe DOT clarkson DOT edu
Subject:	Make variable length limit?

Is there a limit to how long a Make variable can be?

I seem to be running into problems when a variable (list of object files)
starts to flirt with 1K characters in length.  The symptoms are nasty;
Make just dies, usually taking the machine (or Windows, if I'm in a DOS
box) with it.  The failure comes after it decides it needs to remake
my included dependency files, but before it goes and decides what to
do about them.

Anybody run into this sort of thing before?

-- Chris Tate
   fixer AT faxcsl DOT dcrt DOT nih DOT gov

P.S.  I'm using Make 3.69, as distributed with the DJGPP stuff at
      oak.oakland.edu.

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