pathmax: Leave PATH_MAX undefined on the Hurd, and a constant otherwise.

[gnulib.git] / lib / canonicalize.c

diff --git a/lib/canonicalize.c b/lib/canonicalize.c
index a329a33..4fe9f30 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/canonicalize.c
+++ b/lib/canonicalize.c
@@ -31,6 +31,12 @@
 #include "xalloc.h"
 #include "xgetcwd.h"
 
+/* In this file, we cannot handle file names longer than PATH_MAX.
+   On systems with no file name length limit, use a fallback.  */
+#ifndef PATH_MAX
+# define PATH_MAX 8192
+#endif
+
 #ifndef DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT
 # define DOUBLE_SLASH_IS_DISTINCT_ROOT 0
 #endif