https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2206 <p> Boost fails to build on systems that do not define PATH_MAX, e.g. Hurd, as it is used unconditionally in pwd.c. </p> <p> A Debian user report: <a class="ext-link" href="http://bugs.debian.org/487343"><span class="icon">​</span>http://bugs.debian.org/487343</a> and submitted a patch suitable for a system with GNU libc. </p> <p> The patch applied to Debian builds of Boost is attached. </p> en-us /htdocs/site/boost.png https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2206 Trac 1.4.3 Steven Robbins <smr@…> Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:46:41 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2206 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2206 <ul> <li><strong>attachment</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">avoid-PATH_MAX.patch</span> </li> </ul> Ticket René Rivera Sun, 17 Aug 2008 19:26:05 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2206#comment:1 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2206#comment:1 <ul> <li><strong>owner</strong> set to <span class="trac-author">René Rivera</span> </li> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">new</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">assigned</span> </li> <li><strong>version</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">Boost 1.36.0</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">Boost.Jam 3.1.16</span> </li> <li><strong>component</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">None</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">bjam</span> </li> <li><strong>milestone</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">Boost 1.36.0</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">Boost.Jam 3.1.17</span> </li> </ul> Ticket René Rivera Sun, 28 Sep 2008 23:10:52 GMT https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2206#comment:2 https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2206#comment:2 <ul> <li><strong>status</strong> <span class="trac-field-old">assigned</span> → <span class="trac-field-new">closed</span> </li> <li><strong>resolution</strong> → <span class="trac-field-new">fixed</span> </li> </ul> <p> (In <a class="changeset" href="https://svn.boost.org/trac10/changeset/48993" title="Dynamically adjust pwd buffer query size to allow for when PATH_MAX is ...">[48993]</a>) Dynamically adjust pwd buffer query size to allow for when PATH_MAX is default defined instead of being provided by the system C library. (fixes <a class="closed ticket" href="https://svn.boost.org/trac10/ticket/2206" title="#2206: Bugs: Unconditional use of PATH_MAX in tools/jam/src (closed: fixed)">#2206</a>) </p> Ticket