Re: Alpha/Linux configure fix -- avoid /usr/shlib
>>>> "AO" == Alexandre Oliva
<aoliva(a)redhat.com> writes:
AO> On Jan 25, 2001, Martin Buchholz <martin(a)xemacs.org> wrote:
> If changing the definition of MAX_READLINKS in src/realpath.c
> #define MAX_READLINKS 32
> to
> #define MAX_READLINKS 64
> fixes your problem, then I would accept that change for 21.1 and
21.2.
AO> I'll give it a spin. But I doubt I've got this many links. It must
AO> be something else.
> I don't know what Linux does now, but didn't it used to
have an
> incredibly low limit, like 5?
AO> I don't know. I don't encounter the limit with any system calls, I
AO> think it's just with pathname canonicalization as done by XEmacs. I
AO> don't encounter any problem with GNU Emacs either. In fact, whenever
AO> XEmacs fails to open a file with this kind of complaint, I go open it
AO> with GNU Emacs and it works. Same machine, same pathname.
Hmmmm. Sure sounds like an XEmacs bug. The only thing I can think of
is ... automounter breakage?
A bug like this should be easy to fix. If one can reproduce it.