Re: "make[1]: execvp: printf: Argument list too long"

2019-08-18 Thread René J . V . Bertin
René J.V. Bertin wrote: > There's no `string hash` function as far as I've seen. There's this, but that doesn't really shorten the paths by all that much (just not even a factor 2): {{{ package require md5 ui_msg "${portpath}:\n[md5::md5 -hex ${portpath}]" }}}

"make[1]: execvp: printf: Argument list too long"

2019-08-18 Thread René J . V . Bertin
Hi, I ran into another issue with the potentially inordinately long `portbuildpath` names, and started thinking of ways to avoid hitting a hard limit on the argument length list, using a unique shortened version of `portpath`: 1) if the traditional `portbuildpath` already exists, use that 2)