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| -rw-r--r-- | community/gsoc/project_ideas/maxpath.mdwn | 11 |
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diff --git a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/maxpath.mdwn b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/maxpath.mdwn index 797cc0dc..73d4ee75 100644 --- a/community/gsoc/project_ideas/maxpath.mdwn +++ b/community/gsoc/project_ideas/maxpath.mdwn @@ -28,10 +28,13 @@ There are a few hundred packages in Debian GNU/Hurd failing to build because of this -- simply grep for the offending macros in the [list_of_build_failures](http://unstable.buildd.net/buildd/hurd-i386_Failed.html). -Fixing these issues usually boils down to replacing `char foo[PATH_MAX]` by -`char *foo`, and using dynamic memory allocation. Sometimes this is tricky, but -more often not very hard. With a bit of practice, it should be easily possible -to fix several programs per day. +Fixing these issues usually boils down to replacing `char foo[PATH_MAX]` +by `char *foo`, and using dynamic memory allocation, i.e. e.g. a loop +that tries geometrically growing sizes. Sometimes this is tricky, but +more often not very hard. Sometimes it is even trivial because the GNU +system has proper replacements. See the corresponding section of the +[[Porting_issues_page|PortingIssues]] for more details. With a bit of practice, +it should be easily possible to fix several programs per day. The goal of this project is to fix the PATH_MAX and related problems in a significant number of packages, and make the fixes ready for inclusion in |