Bug#669059: webkit-1.8.0-2: FTBFS on hurd-*

[Svante Signell]

On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 23:14 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> Svante Signell, le Mon 16 Apr 2012 23:10:42 +0200, a écrit :
> > On Mon, 2012-04-16 at 22:30 +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote:
> > > Svante Signell, le Mon 16 Apr 2012 22:20:20 +0200, a écrit :
> > > > webkit currently FTBFS on hurd-i386, due to the usage of PATH_MAX,
> > > > which is only recommended by POSIX, not mandatory,
> > > 
> > > It's not even recommanded. It's just needed when the limit exists, and
> > > shall even not be defined when it depends on the path:
> > > 
> > > “ A definition of one of the symbolic constants in the following list
> > > shall be omitted from the <limits.h> header on specific implementations
> > > where the corresponding value is equal to or greater than the stated
> > > minimum, but where the value can vary depending on the file to which it
> > > is applied.”
> > 
> > Thanks, that's the text I was looking for. Where is it written? I just
> > used some stuff from the readlink man page.
> 
> In the norm: http://www.unix.org/online.html

Thanks!

> > In some way the updated patch was not attached. The updated patch will
> > follow soon...
> 
> Please also take into account Pino's remarks from debian-hurd, which
> will actually keep the pointer non-static.

Yes, Pino's solution was nice. Thanks Pino! Will update the patch to
avoid having static buffer pointers.