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Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 14:32:30 +0100 (CET)
From: Roman Zippel <zippel@linux-m68k.org>
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To: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Up silly limit on .config line length
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Hi,

On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Russell King wrote:

> I believe that this arbitary limit should be eliminated by some method.
> However, as a "get you working" patch with a new arbitary limit of 1024
> characters:

I was already wondering, how much I should allow. :)
But I'd rather set an arbitrary limit (and warn) than allowing an 
arbitrary long string.

bye, Roman