Re: variable length argument support (was: [OT] Re: The vi editor causes brain damage)

2007-08-19 Thread Paolo Ornati
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 15:07:01 +0200 (CEST) Jan Engelhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Remove the arg+env limit of MAX_ARG_PAGES by copying the strings > >directly from the old mm into the new mm. > > Me wonders. Will that make the "checking for maximum length of command line > argument

Re: [OT] Re: The vi editor causes brain damage

2007-08-19 Thread Torsten Duwe
On Sunday 19 August 2007, Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 09:15:22AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote: > > What does this have to do with rm command? > Nothing, and no more with linux development. Marc confuses shell and rm. > (please do not follow up on this OT thread, responses to /dev/nul

Re: variable length argument support (was: [OT] Re: The vi editor causes brain damage)

2007-08-19 Thread Jan Engelhardt
On Aug 19 2007 14:39, Paolo Ornati wrote: >> WT> Under unix, the shell resolves "*" and passes the 1 file names >> WT> to the "rm" command. Now, execve() may fail because 1 names in >> WT> arguments can require too much memory. That's why find and xargs >> WT> were invented! >> >> It woul

Re: [OT] Re: The vi editor causes brain damage

2007-08-19 Thread Paolo Ornati
On Sun, 19 Aug 2007 14:31:21 +0200 Benny Amorsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > "WT" == Willy Tarreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > WT> Under unix, the shell resolves "*" and passes the 1 file names > WT> to the "rm" command. Now, execve() may fail because 1 names in > WT> arguments

Re: [OT] Re: The vi editor causes brain damage

2007-08-19 Thread Benny Amorsen
> "WT" == Willy Tarreau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: WT> Under unix, the shell resolves "*" and passes the 1 file names WT> to the "rm" command. Now, execve() may fail because 1 names in WT> arguments can require too much memory. That's why find and xargs WT> were invented! It would be

[OT] Re: The vi editor causes brain damage

2007-08-19 Thread Willy Tarreau
On Sun, Aug 19, 2007 at 09:15:22AM +0200, Jiri Slaby wrote: > Marc Perkel napsal(a): > > Let me give you and example of the difference between > > Linux open source world brain damaged thinking and > > what it's like out here in the real world. > > > > Go to a directory with 10k files and type: >