Re: GNU make 4.2 (and 4.2.1) failing due to length of command-line

[Adrian Muresan]

I ran using GNU make 3.81 from two different sources:

once using the binary form sourceforge 
And 
once using the binary from QNX. 

QNX gave no error and SourceForge gave an error (the same error as 4.2, 4.2.1 I 
built and the 4.0+ binary version Eli told me to get from SourceForge). 

Doesn't this prove there's a bug? As Eli said, QNX obviously patched something 
since everything else, even the shell used, was the same. 

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jun 22, 2016, at 2:38 PM, Paul Smith <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> 
> 
> As Eli's tests, and even your output, show, GNU make is invoking the
> command with the complete command line, so there's no issue with GNU
> make.  It's the command we're invoking which is somehow truncating the
> command line, not GNU make.
> 
> It's possible that the already-suggested BATCH_MODE_ONLY_SHELL setting
> will help, but this is a workaround for commands which can't accept
> very large command lines.
> 
> So based on the information we have so far there's no bug in GNU make
> and no need to submit a bug report.