[bug #30463] cannot make include makefile .INTERMEDIATE

URL: Summary: cannot make include makefile .INTERMEDIATE Project: make Submitted by: None Submitted on: Fri 16 Jul 2010 03:42:34 PM UTC Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group:

Setting RLIMIT_STACK

Hi! Chasing a bug, I noticed that make sets RLIMIT_STACK to RLIM_INFINITY. In Linux (since 2.6.25), that actually triggers a very subtle behaviour change in the way the kernel manages the memory layout. While most applications are oblivious to it, some are not and can cause issues that are not s

Re: Setting RLIMIT_STACK

On Sat, 2010-07-17 at 02:22 -0300, Alberto Bertogli wrote: > So I was wondering what was the reason for that rlimit, and if perhaps > it could be avoided to prevent this behaviour change. It was added a number of years ago by Paul Eggert, because make makes extensive use of alloca() and some large