Hi,

Am Sonntag, den 05.07.2009, 12:27 +0200 schrieb Albin Tonnerre:
> On Sat, Jul 04, 2009 at 10:38:45PM +0200, Manuel Menal wrote :
> > evas uses the PATH_MAX constant, which is optional on POSIX and undefined 
> > on GNU/Hurd.
> 
> Does Hurd enjoy not defining widely-used constants just because they're
> optional, or are there actual technical reasons for this ? If so, I'd like to
> know what they are.

The reason is, IIRC, that there is no maximal path length in hurd – so
what could possibly be the value of such a constant?


Greetings,
Joachim
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