Bug 107308 - kernel does not compile if top level directory path total length is long.
Summary: kernel does not compile if top level directory path total length is long.
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: None
Product: Red Hat Linux
Classification: Retired
Component: kernel
Version: 7.3
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Arjan van de Ven
QA Contact: Brian Brock
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Whiteboard:
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2003-10-16 19:04 UTC by Eugene Kanter
Modified: 2007-04-18 16:58 UTC (History)
1 user (show)

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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2004-09-30 15:41:36 UTC
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Description Eugene Kanter 2003-10-16 19:04:47 UTC
Description of problem:

Top level Makefile uses backticks (`) (around line 527):

dep-files: scripts/mkdep archdep include/linux/version.h
        scripts/mkdep -- init/*.c > .depend
        scripts/mkdep -- `find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \)
-prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print` > .hdepend

This causes bash to complain about overly large command line. Piping the same
find command to wc shows > 130000 bytes.
Replacing makefile fragment with

dep-files: scripts/mkdep archdep include/linux/version.h
        scripts/mkdep -- init/*.c > .depend
        scripts/mkdep -- $(find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \)
-prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print) > .hdepend

solves the problem. I was able to continue compiling with no errors.

I did not check all kernel packages but it probably applies to all releases.

Comment 1 Bugzilla owner 2004-09-30 15:41:36 UTC
Thanks for the bug report. However, Red Hat no longer maintains this version of
the product. Please upgrade to the latest version and open a new bug if the problem
persists.

The Fedora Legacy project (http://fedoralegacy.org/) maintains some older releases, 
and if you believe this bug is interesting to them, please report the problem in
the bug tracker at: http://bugzilla.fedora.us/



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