On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 22:17:32 -0600, Jonathan Nieder wrote: > If I had to make a proposal, I'd suggest maxima of > > _XOPEN_PATH_MAX / 2 (= 512) for paths, to leave room for chroots > _XOPEN_NAME_MAX - 16 (= 239) for filenames, to leave room for > .dpkg-divert.tmp. Forget ReiserFS 3. :) > > I imagine others may have better ideas. > Your proposal sounds sane to me, fwiw. Cheers, Julien