[issue9185] os.getcwd causes infinite loop on solaris

[Stefan Krah]

Stefan Krah <stefan-usenet at bytereef.org> added the comment:

Here's a patch. If PATH_MAX is defined, a static buffer is used. I left
the arbitrary path length version since apparently some systems (HURD)
don't have any limits for PATH_MAX.


In case anyone is mystified how to reproduce the original problem on
OpenSolaris:

# This worked fine:
./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -uall test_posix


# This showed the bug:
./python Lib/test/test_posix.py


The bug could also be reproduced by creating a path name longer than
1024 chars, changing into that directory and attempting to start python.


Antoine, could I ask you to comment on the patch?

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keywords: +needs review, patch
nosy: +pitrou
stage: needs patch -> patch review
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file17980/issue9185.patch

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