> 1) libtool's max command line length test isn't good enough. In > addition to checking maximum byte size of arguments, it also needs to > check for maximum number of arguments (ie argc) and maximum length of an > individual argument. This would be enough to make any system happy, I > think. I've always believed that Msys was somehow gimped by some maximum command line length within Windows itself since, despite emulating a bash shell, it still calls windows executables. Doing a quick google I came across some information along this line : http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/12/10/56028.aspx The author of the blog continues with some ideas on correcting the issue: http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2003/12/11/56043.aspx