[arch-general] make/ execvp error : argument list is too long

arnaud gaboury arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com
Fri Mar 22 11:00:40 EDT 2013


On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos
<artafinde at gmail.com>wrote:

> On 22 Mar 2013 14:50, "arnaud gaboury" <arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos
> > <artafinde at gmail.com>wrote:
> >
> > > On 22 Mar 2013 14:29, "arnaud gaboury" <arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Dear List,
> > > >
> > > > I have an issue since 5-10 days when building android from source, as
> > > when
> > > > I have been building it for months with no problem.
> > > >
> > > > At one point in the building process, make will stop with this error:
> > > > make: execvp: /bin/bash: Argument list too long
> > > >
> > > > After some search, I found this error is thrown by execvp(),
> following
> > > the
> > > > errors specified in man execve(2).
> > > >
> > > > The execvpe() function appears in glibc. My glibc is the one from
> core,
> > > > 2.17-3, and has been reinstalled. Building AUR packages don't give
> any
> > > > error.
> > > >
> > > > The android ROM I am building is very closed to the android open
> source,
> > > > and build fine on another machine (Linux Mint). So I suspect the
> problem
> > > > comes from my box.
> > > >
> > > > The following line from android envsetup output puzzles me:
> > > > HOST_OS_EXTRA=Linux-3.8.4-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > What is this glibc2.2.5 ??
> > > I think it's the glibc version of the box that compiled the kernel.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > Thank you for any help.
> > > >
> > > > Regards.
> > >
> >
> >
> > I built the Kernel !! Android Kernel built with no issue. Only the
> android
> > ROM building is broken
>
> I was referring to your host kernel not the android kernel of the ROM.
> What is the command 'uname -a' says?
>

Linux magnolia 3.8.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 20 22:10:25 CET 2013
x86_64 GNU/Linux

[gabx at magnolia:~]$ sudo pacman -Q | grep glibc
[sudo] password for gabx:
glibc 2.17-3
lib32-glibc 2.17-2


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