this is a real problem i keep hitting

[ikiwiki.git] / doc / bugs / aggregate_generates_long_filenames.mdwn

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@@ -19,3 +19,22 @@ It would also appear this abrubtly terminates aggregate processing (if not ikiwi
 > that, in additional to having a rather antique long filename limit, your
 > system also doesn't properly expose it via pathconf. Not sure what
 > ikiwiki can do here. --[[Joey]]
+
+>> This is an ext4 filesystem with default settings (which appears to mean
+>> 256 bytes for pathnames).  Despite the error saying file name, it's
+>> definitely a path issue since moving my test repo to `/tmp`from
+>> `/home/jon/wd/mine/www` hides the problem. I note the following comment
+>> in `aggregate.pm`:
+
+               # Make sure that the file name isn't too long. 
+               # NB: This doesn't check for path length limits.
+
+>> I don't fully grok the aggregate source yet, but I wouldn't rule out
+>> a bug in the path length checking, personally.  I'm happy to try and
+>> find it myself though :) -- [[Jon]]
+
+>>> Path length seems unlikely, since the max is 4096 there.
+>>> --[[Joey]] 
+
+>>>> Aggregate now used a "if it crashes, it must be too long" strategy.
+>>>> [[done]] --[[Joey]]