Date: Sat, 23 Mar 2002 14:54:21 -0800 From: paul beard <paulbeard@mac.com> To: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: problems rebuilding locate database Message-ID: <3C9D079D.4090207@mac.com> References: <3C9CEDC8.4070001@mac.com> <041f01c1d2b2$bce32920$0900a8c0@max>
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John Nielsen wrote: > > I would guess that it means you have pathnames on your system that are > longer than the (max allowed) of 1024. i.e. > "/usr/foo/...1020chars.../bar/baz" > > If that's the case then you can solve it by moving the offending files to > a not-so-nested directory. Or you could try to increase the value of > MAXPATHLEN, but I'm not sure where that's defined or what would break if > it changed. well, I don't know where it's set either. Looks like the first thing I need to do is find the offending files. -- Paul Beard 8040 27th Ave NE Seattle WA 98115 206 529 8400 Good day to let down old friends who need help. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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