Re: "argument list too long"
From: Stefan Eletzhofer <hidden>
Date: 2006-01-04 13:08:05
Hi, Am Dienstag, den 03.01.2006, 15:17 +0100 schrieb Wolfgang Denk:
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In message [ref] you wrote:quoted
After a few minutes of dependency creation, I get the following error "argument list too long": scripts/mkdep -- `find /usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel-2005-10-25-1440/include/asm /usr/src/linuxppc_2_4 _devel-2005-10-25-1440/include/linux /usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel-2005-10-25-1440/include/scsi /usr/s rc/linuxppc_2_4_devel-2005-10-25-1440/include/net /usr/src/linuxppc_2_4_devel-2005-10-25-1440/includ e/math-emu \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print` > .hdepend scripts/mkdep: argument list too long make: *** [dep-files] Error 2 Can someone help me understand where that comes from?The error comes from the fact that the find command (the part in `...` above) generates a long list of file names which exceeds some buffer in your shell.quoted
Does it have something to do with the fact that I work under WinXP + Cygwin?Yes.quoted
No need to say that I am a newbie to the Linux world... help me, Wolfgang :-)I try. Find the statement in the Makefile and use xargs to avoid a long argument list. Something like this might help:--- Makefile.ORIG 2006-01-03 15:15:48.000000000 +0100 +++ Makefile 2006-01-03 15:16:55.000000000 +0100@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS $(MAKE) update-modverfile endif - scripts/mkdep -- `find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print` > .hdepend + find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print | xargs scripts/mkdep -- > .hdepend scripts/mkdep -- init/*.c > .depend
Would'nt this overwrite .depend if xargs executes mkdep more than once? I'd suggest (beware, manually hacked diff ;):
--- Makefile.ORIG 2006-01-03 15:15:48.000000000 +0100
+++ Makefile 2006-01-03 15:16:55.000000000 +0100@@ -503,7 +503,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS $(MAKE) update-modverfile endif - scripts/mkdep -- `find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print` > .hdepend + rm -f .depend && find $(FINDHPATH) \( -name SCCS -o -name .svn \) -prune -o -follow -name \*.h ! -name modversions.h -print | xargs scripts/mkdep -- > .hdepend scripts/mkdep -- init/*.c >> .depend
ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS Best regards, Wolfgang Denk
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