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+[[!meta copyright="Copyright © 2010 Free Software Foundation, Inc."]]
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+Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.  A copy of the license
+is included in the section entitled [[GNU Free Documentation
+License|/fdl]]."]]"""]]
+
+
+auto-apt
+========
+
+When you want to build a program from source and it fails due to missing headers. Auto-apt can search what package would provide the header files.  
+(from [[https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AutoApt]])
+
+
+[[!toc startlevel=2]]
+
+
+* * *
+
+
+Log
+---
+
+* **Started**: 2012-01-24
+* **Discussed**: [2012-01-26](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/01/msg00129.html)
+* **Draft Submitted**: -
+* **Submitted**: -
+* **Accepted**: -
+
+
+* * *
+
+
+ToDo
+----
+
+The output of `grep -R PATH_MAX auto-apt-0.3.22/*` is a bit long. It contains files that have been patched using `#define PATH_MAX XYZ`.  
+Here is the only file of interest:
+
+    pkgcdb/pkgtab.c:    char buf[PATH_MAX];
+    pkgcdb/pkgtab.c:    assert(p - pkg < PATH_MAX);
+    pkgcdb/pkgtab.c:    static char buf[PATH_MAX];
+    pkgcdb/pkgtab.c:    assert(len < PATH_MAX);
+
+
+* * *
+
+
+Comments
+--------
+
+Work in progress, see related [thread](http://lists.debian.org/debian-hurd/2012/01/msg00129.html).
+