Hmm neat.  Maybe we could put this in defs.NetBSD.mk (to avoid problems on
systems not supporting it?).

Anyway, give pkgsrc/pkgtools/autoswc a try.

Cheers


On Thu, 8 Apr 2004 16:48:27 +0100
Dick Davies <rasputnik@hellooperator.net> wrote:

> 
> When building packages that use GNU configure, I've found that one
> of the steps is often
> 
> .
> .
> .
> checking the maximum length of command line arguments...
> .
> .
> .
> 
> This causes a noticable delay for me, as configure tries to work it
> out itself.
> 
> I mentioned it to a FreeBSD using friend who pointed me to their fix,
> which I added into pkgsrc/mk/bsd.pkg.mk
> 
> It seems to fix the delays for me, it also uses sysctl to give
> an accurate value (GNU configure tends to give up above a certain
> value and say 'it's bigger than X so assume X', which is a bit half-assed
> IMO.
> 
> I've only tried it on my 1.6X i386, are there any issues with it?
> 
> ===================================================================
> RCS file: /pub/NetBSD-CVS/pkgsrc/mk/bsd.pkg.mk,v
> retrieving revision 1.1438
> diff -r1.1438 bsd.pkg.mk
> 1284a1285,1292
> >
> > # Maximum command line length
> > .if !defined(CONFIGURE_MAX_CMD_LEN)
> > .if exists(/sbin/sysctl)
> > CONFIGURE_MAX_CMD_LEN!= /sbin/sysctl -n kern.argmax
> > .endif
> > .endif
> > CONFIGURE_ENV+=     lt_cv_sys_max_cmd_len=${CONFIGURE_MAX_CMD_LEN}
> 
> -- 
> When you have an efficient government, you have a dictatorship.
> 		-- Harry Truman
> Rasputin :: Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns
> 


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