$max_cmd_len unset in libtool-1.5

[Martin MOKREJŠ]

Hi,
  I found there's a bug in libtool-1.5. When compiling glib-2.2.1 on
Tru64Unix 5.1A, I got errors from test(1) program "integer expression
expected". That lead to:

$ /bin/bash -x ../libtool --mode=relink cc -O2 -arch ev56 -pthread -o 
libgthread-2.0.la -rpath /software/@sys/usr/lib -version-info 200:1:200 
-export-dyynamic gthread-impl.lo -Wc,-pthread -lrt ../glib/libglib-2.0.la 
-lintl -L/usr/local/lib -L/software/@sys/usr/lib -L/usr/local/openssl/lib 
-L/usr/lib
[...]
+ len=2554
+ test 2554 -le ''
../libtool: test: : integer expression expected
+ test '' -le -1
../libtool: test: : integer expression expected
+ echo 'creating reloadable object files...'
creating reloadable object files...
+ test -z ''
+ save_libobjs= .libs/gthread-impl.o
+ save_output=libgthread-2.0.la
[...]

This points to the following part in generated libtool:

grep max_cmd_len /afs/gsf.de/alpha_dux51/usr/share/libtool/ltmain.sh
               test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len" || test "$max_cmd_len" -le -1; 
then
           test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len" || test "$max_cmd_len" -le -1; then
                 test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len"; }; then
             test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len" || test "$max_cmd_len" -le -1; then
               test "$len" -le "$max_cmd_len"; then


Where is the value of $max_cmd_len being set? When I set manually
max_cmd_len to some number(255), I don't get this message. But what should
be the size?

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