Roland McGrath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Because <sys/param.h> exists for compatibility with old code, and old code > had a reasonable expectation of <sys/param.h> defining MAXPATHLEN, it might > make the most sense to have the Hurd's <sys/param.h> just define it with > some arbitrary limit. POSIX-compliant programs will use PATH_MAX and/or > sysconf instead anyway. We will have to think about this.
I've thought about it myself, but I'm against it, I think. My reason is that we want to catch and fix programs that require such a limit. I don't think it's too much trouble to have to do so, and it really does help the rest of the world too.
