Subject: Re: bug#33781: tramp tests abort on hydra

From: Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 18:25:18 +0100

On Dez 20 2018, Michael Albinus <[email-masked]> wrote:

> Yes, PATH_MAX by definition is the maximum length of a file path. But I
> still have the feeling it is also involved in setting the $PATH
> environment variable. As Glenn did report, there are problems on hydra
> when setting $PATH to a string longer than 4096 characters. It doesn't
> seem to be related to the shell limit of input lines; Glenn reported
> that 'getconf LINE_MAX' returns 2048.

4096 is your typical page size, which is also connected to the pipe or
pty buffer.

Andreas.

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