diff -u pmake-1.111/main.c pmake-1.111/main.c
--- pmake-1.111/main.c
+++ pmake-1.111/main.c
@@ -636,6 +636,17 @@
char found_path[MAXPATHLEN + 1]; /* for searching for sys.mk */
struct timeval rightnow; /* to initialize random seed */
+#ifdef MAXPATHLEN_UNDEFINED
+ if (sysconf(_PC_PATH_MAX) > MAXPATHLEN) {
+ fprintf(stderr, "This operating system runs with "
+ "sysconf(_PC_PATH_MAX) > MAXPATHLEN\n(%ld > %ld). "
+ "Please change the guesstimated value at the bottom\n"
+ "of 'make.h' and recompile, or reduce the actual "
+ "value.\n", sysconf(_PC_PATH_MAX), (long)MAXPATHLEN);
+ return (255);
+ }
+#endif
+
/*
* Set the seed to produce a different random sequences
* on each program execution.
--- pmake-1.111.orig/make.h
+++ pmake-1.111/make.h
@@ -476,4 +476,10 @@
#define MAX(a, b) ((a > b) ? a : b)
#endif
+/* maybe Debian GNU/HURD */
+#ifndef MAXPATHLEN
+#define MAXPATHLEN 4096 /* some sensible value */
+#define MAXPATHLEN_UNDEFINED /* triggers check in main.c */
+#endif
+
#endif /* _MAKE_H_ */