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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc23
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index 95fae9a28..0cded32e1 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
@@ -55,6 +55,18 @@
using namespace std;
+APT_PURE static unsigned int
+EnvironmentSize()
+{
+ unsigned int size = 0;
+ char **envp = environ;
+
+ while (*envp != NULL)
+ size += strlen (*envp++) + 1;
+
+ return size;
+}
+
class pkgDPkgPMPrivate
{
public:
@@ -1230,8 +1242,15 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::Go(APT::Progress::PackageManager *progress)
fd_set rfds;
struct timespec tv;
- unsigned int const MaxArgs = _config->FindI("Dpkg::MaxArgs",8*1024);
- unsigned int const MaxArgBytes = _config->FindI("Dpkg::MaxArgBytes",32*1024);
+ // FIXME: do we really need this limit when we have MaxArgBytes?
+ unsigned int const MaxArgs = _config->FindI("Dpkg::MaxArgs",32*1024);
+
+ // try to figure out the max environment size
+ int OSArgMax = sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX);
+ if(OSArgMax < 0)
+ OSArgMax = 32*1024;
+ OSArgMax -= EnvironmentSize() - 2*1024;
+ unsigned int const MaxArgBytes = _config->FindI("Dpkg::MaxArgBytes", OSArgMax);
bool const NoTriggers = _config->FindB("DPkg::NoTriggers", false);
if (RunScripts("DPkg::Pre-Invoke") == false)