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From: Valentin Nechayev <netch@iv.nn.kiev.ua>
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Subject: /bin/sh: MAXPWD
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/bin/sh, both in -current and in -stable, limits allowed current directory
path to 256 chars (`#define MAXPWD 256' in cd.c). Why?
It may be more correct to use at least PATH_MAX or MAXPATHLEN...


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