Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 13 Mar 2000 09:10:43 -0600 (CST) | From | Jeff Garzik <> | Subject | Re: 2.3.51 |
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On Mon, 13 Mar 2000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> Jeff Garzik wrote: > > -exec runs a process for every single file found. I like the suggestion > > to pass --max-files to xargs instead. > > xargs already does an implicit `--max-chars=20k'. `--max-files' > wouldn't help. > > The problem seems to be a very large environment, and the kernel > complains because it has a limit on total environment and argument > space. > > The solution is probably to clear the offending environment variable, > either using `env', `unset' or the makefile itself.
Ok... someone create a tiny script 'scripts/make-clean', and have 'make clean' run that. Then we can do necessary stuff like purging the env of CONFIG_xxx vars.
Jeff
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