Hi Albert, Thanks for the report.
* Albert Chin wrote on Tue, Feb 06, 2007 at 05:52:43AM CET: > ImageMagick-6.2.9 has a large number of tests. The check-TESTS rule in > automake-1.10 is: > check-TESTS: $(TESTS) > ... > list=' $(TESTS) '; \ > Because AIX 4.3.3 has a small limit on the command buffer, 'make check' > returns: [...] > HP-UX 10.20 also has this problem: > gmake[1]: execvp: /opt/fsw/bash30/bin/bash: Arg list too long > What's the best way to solve this? AIX 5.1+ also have this problem. > But, we can increase ncargs to work around it. I don't see an easy fix inside Automake. First thing to try is an in-tree build (i.e., source tree = build tree), so that paths are shortest. Hmm, nope, you're already using GNU make, so that won't help. I guess the easiest would be to document this limitation and encourage packages to split their tests among multiple makefiles. Cheers, Ralf
