[bug#53676] [PATCH 0/5] *** PulseAudio service improvements ***

[Maxim Cournoyer]

Hello,

Maxim Cournoyer <maxim.cournoyer@gmail.com> writes:

> Hi Maxime,
>
> Maxime Devos <maximedevos@telenet.be> writes:
>
>> Maxim Cournoyer schreef op ma 07-02-2022 om 17:29 [-0500]:
>>> +    char canonicalPath[PATH_MAX];
>>
>> PATH_MAX does not exist on the Hurd, see
>> <https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd//community/gsoc/project_ideas/maxpath.html>.
>> Also, according to 
>> <https://insanecoding.blogspot.com/2007/11/pathmax-simply-isnt.html>
>> more a kind of minimum and not really a maximum; apparently
>> most uses of PATH_MAX are wrong.
>>
>> <https://www.gnu.org/software/hurd//hurd/porting/guidelines.html> recommends 
>> a
>> geometrically growing series.
>
> Interesting!  Note that PATH_MAX is already in use in that
> BubblewrapLauncher.cpp file.

For your information, the upstreamed patch [0] doesn't use PATH_MAX
anymore; it uses the FileSystem::realPath procedure of WebKit.  Thanks
to Liliana for mentioning its existence!

[0]  https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=211131

Maxim