Subject: bug#33781: tramp tests abort on hydra

From: Michael Albinus <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 20 Dec 2018 21:50:18 +0100

Andreas Schwab <[email-masked]> writes:

>> 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.

Is there a way to determine the value on a system?

> Andreas.

Best regards, Michael.