"make install" error with FreeRadius 1.0.5 on RH8.0

Alan DeKok aland at ox.org
Wed Dec 21 01:23:04 CET 2005


Vineet Verma <vverma at trapezenetworks.com> wrote:
> I completed the configure and make successfully but "make install" gives 
> me the following error:
...
> gmake[11]: execvp: /bin/sh: Argument list too long

  Wow... that's really weird.

> I understand that the "Argument list too long" error is from the OS 
> because the argv list is probably exceeding the 128K buffer. Usually the 
> workaround is to rewrite the offending commands so that the argument 
> lists are shorter. Has anyone run into this problem before and do you 
> have any tips on how I can workaround this?

  I've never seen it before.  My guess is that there's some kind of
problem with the libtool you're using, which creates huge lines.

  Alan DeKok.




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