compile problem: argument list too long, how to fix for all !!!!

zxLinux · 07-23-2008, 01:46 PM

hello
i am new to linux and i don't know how to fix many common problems, right now i'm trying to compile some programs and i got that error

'argument list too long',

i want to know how to increase the argument limit, because i can't edit the code directly to fix that problem

i have tried to recompile the kernel with a higher value for ARG_MAX, defined at limits.h but i have failed to compile a good bootable kernel

is there something else i can do to fix that error???

thanks for your advise

Valery Reznic · 07-24-2008, 01:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zxLinux

hello
i am new to linux and i don't know how to fix many common problems, right now i'm trying to compile some programs and i got that error

'argument list too long',

It's looks like for some reason you have to much environment variables.

command 'env' show what environment variables you have.
You can remove unused ones and then your problem should go away.

Valery