Re: Issue 1821 in lilypond: GUB argument list too long

[lilypond]

Comment #12 on issue 1821 by address@hidden: GUB argument list  
too long
http://code.google.com/p/lilypond/issues/detail?id=1821

The problem seems to be the value of MAX_ARG_STRLEN (131072) which limits  
the length of each individual command line argument.  The failing length  
was 131756 (see comment 6 above).  This has been a limitation since Linux  
2.6.23, and seems to be a safely issue.

This is discussed, with a couple of suggested workarounds, at  
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.gnu.make.bugs/4219

The workarounds seem non-trivial, but might suggest an approach for a  
long-term fix.

Trevor