Bug 6138 - tar build error with long TMPDIR: Argument list too long
Summary: tar build error with long TMPDIR: Argument list too long
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: OE-Core
Classification: Build System, Metadata & Runtime
Component: core (show other bugs)
Version: 1.6
Hardware: x86 Multiple
: Medium normal
Target Milestone: 1.8 M4
Assignee: Robert Yang
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Blocks: 6397
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Reported: 2014-04-09 07:27 UTC by Chong Lu
Modified: 2015-03-25 02:07 UTC (History)
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Description Chong Lu 2014-04-09 07:27:45 UTC 
Set the length of TMPDIR to 410.
When I create a build directory and make the length of TPMPDIR to 410. tar build failed:

Can't exec "/bin/sh": Argument list too long at /usr/lib/perl/5.14/IO/File.pm line 66.
aclocal: error: cannot open echo 'm4_define([m4_require_silent_probe], [-])' | /abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/abcdefghij/klmnopqrst/uvwxyz0123/456789/12345/tmp/sysroots/x86_64-linux/usr/bin/autom4te --language Autoconf-without-aclocal-m4 ...
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autoreconf: aclocal failed with exit status: 1
ERROR: autoreconf execution failed.