Subject: Re: [PATCH] Fix GNU/Hurd build

From: Samuel Thibault <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2026 18:24:44 +0100

Patrick Steinhardt, le ven. 13 mars 2026 07:39:40 +0100, a ecrit:
> On Thu, Mar 12, 2026 at 01:38:21PM -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
> > Samuel Thibault <[email-masked]> writes:
> > 
> > > GNU/Hurd does not have a PATH_MAX limitation
> > 
> > Thanks.  clar folks might prefer to take it upstream and have us as
> > a downstream to import from them, so I'll forward it first before
> > taking it for ourselves.
> > 
> > It makes me wonder if an organization like this is easier to follow,
> > i.e., platform specific settings first and then catch-all default at
> > the end:
> > 
> > 	#if defined(CLAR_LONGPATHS)
> > 	#define CLAR_MAX_PATH 4096
> > 	#elif defined(PATH_MAX)
> > 	#define CLAR_MAX_PATH PATH_MAX
> > 	#elif deifned(MAX_PATH)
> > 	#define CLAR_MAX_PATH MAX_PATH
> > 	#fi
> > 
> > 	#if !defined(CLAR_MAX_PATH)
> > 	#define CLAR_MAX_PATH 4096
> > 	#fi
> > 
> > but that is a separate issue best handled by the clar folks.
> 
> Agreed, something like this would read better indeed.

Ah, actually Pino already contributed a fix in december:)

> Samuel, do you
> want to maybe create a pull request in [1] to fix this in clar itself?

> [1]: https://github.com/clar-test/clar

It would be useful to put this github url in the README, I have
submitted
https://github.com/clar-test/clar/pull/135
so it'll eventually end up in the git source for people to find out
where to send clar patches.

Samuel