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: 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