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Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2023 13:44:41 +0200
To: Matthew mirage335 Hines <spamfreemirage335 AT gmail DOT com>
Subject: Re: ARG_MAX missing from getconf
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On Sep  8 07:36, Matthew "mirage335" Hines via Cygwin wrote:
> Ok, I guess that makes sense.
> 
> My worry was some './configure' script determining that the build
> environment is somehow not 'sane'. At least for the limited set of programs
> that I use under cygwin, I have set up my CI to now watch for changes in
> which binaries are present. Nothing obviously significant in that history
> so far.
> 
> At this point, from comparing with my previous CI results, I am guessing
> this doesn't affect me, aside from adding an exception to my test case for
> this specifically. Might be better to get closer to the usual Linux
> behavior I am familiar with, of a much higher, valid, ARG_MAX value.

We just don't have a maximum except an out of resources situation.  A
standard-conformant application must deal with any sysconf variable
denoting a limit to return -1, i. e., "no limit".

Corinna

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