Re: #1800: chicken-install fails installing eggs when encountering truncated/empty .egg-info files

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#1800: chicken-install fails installing eggs when encountering truncated/empty
.egg-info files
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            Reporter:  Vasilij       |      Owner:  (none)
  Schneidermann                      |
                Type:  defect        |     Status:  new
            Priority:  major         |  Milestone:  someday
           Component:  core tools    |    Version:  5.3.0
          Resolution:                |   Keywords:  chicken-install
Estimated difficulty:  easy          |
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Comment (by Vasilij Schneidermann):

 I've finally stumbled upon a documented limitation of 8191 characters in
 cmd.exe:

 https://ss64.com/nt/syntax-args.html

 > The maximum length of any command line (or variable) within CMD is 8191
 characters.

 https://learn.microsoft.com/en-GB/troubleshoot/windows-client/shell-
 experience/command-line-string-limitation

 > The maximum length of the string that you can use at the command prompt
 is 8191 characters.

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