Use sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) to find the size of Dpkg::MaxArgBytes

Instead of hardcoding Dpkg::MaxArgBytes find out about it using
the sysconf(_SC_ARG_MAX) call.

1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index 04a13a86c..2d26493f0 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:
@@ -1236,8 +1248,15 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::GoNoABIBreak(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
+   unsigned 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)