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+/*
+ * POSIX allows PATH_MAX to not be defined, see
+ * http://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/functions/sysconf.html;
+ * the GNU Hurd is an example of a system not having it.
+ *
+ * Arguably, it would be better to test sysconf(_SC_PATH_MAX),
+ * but since the individual *.c files include "config.h" before
+ * <limits.h>, overriding an excessive value of PATH_MAX from
+ * "config.h" is impossible anyway, so for now, the simplest
+ * fix is to provide a value only on systems not having any.
+ * So far, we encountered no system defining PATH_MAX to an
+ * impractically large value, even though POSIX explicitly
+ * allows that.
+ *
+ * The real fix would be to replace all static buffers of size
+ * PATH_MAX by dynamically allocated buffers.  But that is
+ * somewhat intrusive because it touches several files and
+ * because it requires changing struct mlink in mandocdb.c.
+ * So i'm postponing that for now.
+ */
+
+#include <limits.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+
+int
+main(void)
+{
+	printf("PATH_MAX is defined to be %ld\n", (long)PATH_MAX);
+	return 0;
+}