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From: linas@hparc0.HP.COM (Linas Petras)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.sysv386
Subject: Re: Failure Compiling X386 1.1 on ESIX 3.2.D
Message-ID: <3440013@hparc0.HP.COM>
Date: 5 Mar 91 13:50:32 GMT
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Organization: HP Australasian Response Centre (Melbourne)
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>When I tried to compile X386 1.1 according to Thomas Roell's instructions,
>I got the following message all over the place:
>
>        make[2]: execve: /bin/sh: Arg list too long
>
>It was not the first time I'd encountered such a problem.  I switched from
>/bin/make to GNU make 3.59, used GCC instead of cc, and tried sh, csh, and
>bash, but the problem persisted.
>
>Any hint?
>Glenn
>glenn@cs.utexas.edu

I had a similar problem, but using GNU make (3.59 I think). I switched
back to SCO's make and all works well.