From owner-freebsd-current@freebsd.org Fri Sep 8 17:21:28 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 75BE1E238D7 for ; Fri, 8 Sep 2017 17:21:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from mx.catwhisker.org (mx.catwhisker.org [198.144.209.73]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 235D83C0E; Fri, 8 Sep 2017 17:21:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@catwhisker.org) Received: from albert.catwhisker.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.15.2/8.15.2) with ESMTP id v88HLQCg085206; Fri, 8 Sep 2017 17:21:26 GMT (envelope-from david@albert.catwhisker.org) Received: (from david@localhost) by albert.catwhisker.org (8.15.2/8.15.2/Submit) id v88HLPrA085205; Fri, 8 Sep 2017 10:21:25 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from david) Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 10:21:25 -0700 From: David Wolfskill To: Julian Elischer Cc: freebsd-current , Rick Macklem Subject: Re: extending the maximum filename length Message-ID: <20170908172125.GB1152@albert.catwhisker.org> Mail-Followup-To: David Wolfskill , Julian Elischer , freebsd-current , Rick Macklem References: <0154558d-b2ad-af97-3960-3e392678f709@freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="a1HG+NiNtj/qClJd" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0154558d-b2ad-af97-3960-3e392678f709@freebsd.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.8.3 (2017-05-23) X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 08 Sep 2017 17:21:28 -0000 --a1HG+NiNtj/qClJd Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sat, Sep 09, 2017 at 01:15:31AM +0800, Julian Elischer wrote: > Has anyone using freeBSD ever increased NAME_MAX (filename maximum=20 > length) and have any experience with it? >=20 > We ($JOB) would recompile the entire system so intra-system=20 > compatibility would probably be ok, and we have our own filesystem=20 > which would support it. >=20 > But I wonder if anyone has tried it and hit unexpected problems. > .... Not *strictly* a "filename length" issue, but one thing I (think I) recall encountering a while back was an (88-character?) upper limit on the length of the full pathname of a mount point. So that could prove ... annoying (if I actually recall correctly, and the situation has not changed since). Peace, David H. Wolfskill david@catwhisker.org http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/donald-trump-playbook-1.4265374 See http://www.catwhisker.org/~david/publickey.gpg for my public key. --a1HG+NiNtj/qClJd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQF8BAEBCgBmBQJZstGVXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRDQ0I3Q0VGOTE3QTgwMUY0MzA2NEQ3N0Ix NTM5Q0M0MEEwNDlFRTE3AAoJEBU5zECgSe4XVDsH/34YWgxiN5BjDjtNW6ASQOhX GJbk/1godfPKE6KkEC3szCZvJNqdECOzzQ5cyFoYcUWhcr3e64NInYNzMdmurcst guOjduc1wMDxjK1LsVLAjJQk5WujXuWlCXl6eOgovElG1rVND5yBsQH79UYdRq25 F7glRh38jIdeJ+6PHDqXFoIJKgRCxkbJvcJ/XXaDjo/rn5LL7axBcVPMOaqy4rF5 OeA1/LBctaNKsNX8NcPuSJQMaXKiZr6Yc3xonxXys62tUs//tuX/zXZgEvZE8sSY Yv1YLuQo+n5bH5S1v4A8yQDBP4Y/9OKvmlvoj2qaqkBQIPXXFBEyroiaN0o+YxI= =IHUL -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --a1HG+NiNtj/qClJd--