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

[arnaud gaboury]

On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:00 PM, arnaud gaboury <arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:54 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos <artafinde at gmail.com
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>> On 22 Mar 2013 14:50, "arnaud gaboury" <arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Leonidas Spyropoulos
>> > <artafinde at gmail.com>wrote:
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>> > > On 22 Mar 2013 14:29, "arnaud gaboury" <arnaud.gaboury at gmail.com>
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>> > > > Dear List,
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>> > > > I have an issue since 5-10 days when building android from source,
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>> > > when
>> > > > I have been building it for months with no problem.
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>> > > > At one point in the building process, make will stop with this
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>> > > > make: execvp: /bin/bash: Argument list too long
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>> > > > After some search, I found this error is thrown by execvp(),
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>> > > the
>> > > > errors specified in man execve(2).
>> > > >
>> > > > The execvpe() function appears in glibc. My glibc is the one from
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>> > > > 2.17-3, and has been reinstalled. Building AUR packages don't give
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>> > > > error.
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>> > > > The android ROM I am building is very closed to the android open
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>> > > > and build fine on another machine (Linux Mint). So I suspect the
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>> > > > comes from my box.
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>> > > > The following line from android envsetup output puzzles me:
>> > > > HOST_OS_EXTRA=Linux-3.8.4-1-ARCH-x86_64-with-glibc2.2.5
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>> > > > What is this glibc2.2.5 ??
>> > > I think it's the glibc version of the box that compiled the kernel.
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>> > > > Thank you for any help.
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>> > > > Regards.
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>> > I built the Kernel !! Android Kernel built with no issue. Only the
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>> > ROM building is broken
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>> I was referring to your host kernel not the android kernel of the ROM.
>> What is the command 'uname -a' says?
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> Linux magnolia 3.8.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Mar 20 22:10:25 CET 2013
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
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> [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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Just one thought. Can this error comes form the android-eabi toolchain used
to build android instead of my system? It could be more logical, as the ROM
is built by an arm toolchain.