* Andreas Schwab wrote on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 12:06:55PM CEST:
> Ralf Wildenhues writes:
> > +HP-UX 11.00 and IRIX 6.5 Awk require than input files have a line length
> > +of at most 3070 bytes.
>
> s/than/that/
* Eric Blake wrote on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 02:39:04PM CEST:
> According to Ralf Wil
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According to Ralf Wildenhues on 4/10/2009 2:09 AM:
>
> OK to push?
Yes, after fixing nits (see also Andreas' review).
> --- a/doc/autoconf.texi
> +++ b/doc/autoconf.texi
> @@ -2155,7 +2155,8 @@ for more details.
>
> The @var{inputs} may be absolu
Ralf Wildenhues writes:
> @@ -16367,6 +16368,9 @@ The original version of Awk had a limit of at most 99
> bytes per
> per run of non-special characters in a @code{printf} format, but these
> bugs have been fixed on all practical hosts that we know of.
>
> +HP-UX 11.00 and IRIX 6.5 Awk requir
* Ralf Wildenhues wrote on Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 10:09:08AM CEST:
>
> BTW, the Automake 1.10b has a new chapter "Length Limitations"
> addressing slightly related issues for the Makefile.am author.
Never mind this comment. I'm going for more coffee now.
(The chapter is about the command line leng
Hello Bruno, Eric,
* Eric Blake wrote on Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 02:10:27PM CEST:
> According to Bruno Haible on 4/6/2009 4:00 AM:
> > Please say that the line length is limited. But what is LINE_MAX?
2K minus a couple of bytes is probably a safe value.
> > If you
> > mean LINE_MAX from [1], then
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According to Bruno Haible on 4/6/2009 4:00 AM:
>> If the
>> latter, then no, I don't think we should document that. We should just
>> document that config.status works only on text files, i.e., the line
>> length is limited to LINE_MAX
>
> Saying on
Ralf Wildenhues wrote:
> Are you complaining that the limitation of 'awk' is not documented, or
> that the limitation of 'config.status' is not documented?
Actually, both. The limitation of 'awk' can be documented in section
"Limitations of Usual Tools", and the limitation about config.status
shou
Hello Bruno,
* Bruno Haible wrote on Mon, Apr 06, 2009 at 02:58:13AM CEST:
>
> Files that are used as arguments of AC_CONFIG_FILES must have a maximum line
> length (not counting the newline) of at most 3070. This limitation is not
> documented in the autoconf manual. Could you please document it
Hi,
Files that are used as arguments of AC_CONFIG_FILES must have a maximum line
length (not counting the newline) of at most 3070. This limitation is not
documented in the autoconf manual. Could you please document it?
Past this limit, config.status fails on HP-UX 11.00 and IRIX 6.5.
On HP-UX
