[solved]Error:too many arguments:argc (142)>=MAX_ARGS (128)

[aniket_920]

I have problem with USE flags, system is not updating, multiple packages are getting 'no error message'
but 'Call stack:' spit some info like:

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*       ....
*       environment, line 3151: Called multilib-minimal_src_install
*       ....

here is the output of:

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emerge --info '=dev-libs/boost-1.88.0-r1::gentoo'

https://dpaste.com/D5NTY6NF7

build.log file is very large this dpast is not accepting the file.

Packages which are not emerging :

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dev-libs/openssl
dev-libs/protobuf
dev-libs/boost-1
llvm-core/llvm

sorry if info is not complete, let me know what you need.

Thanks,

[Hu]

Welcome to the forums.

The information you provided is not complete, and it is likely that we cannot help you with the information you provided. Portage tells you what we need, and one of the things we need is the full build.log. If you cannot post the full log due to size, then post at least the last ~1000 lines. That will likely have the error we need.

[aniket_920]

here is the last 1000 lines of build.log for the dev-libs/openssl

https://dpaste.com/6ETR2HRZM

[Hu]

Your error is:

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1137  Error: too many arguments: argc (142) >= MAX_ARGS (128)

This probably comes from:

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	_multilib_header_cksum() {
		set -o pipefail

		if [[ -d ${ED}/usr/include ]]; then
			find "${ED}"/usr/include -type f \
				-exec cksum {} + | sort -k2

However, attempting to reproduce that with 142 dummy files does not fail here. What is the output of emerge --pretend --verbose sys-apps/coreutils sys-apps/findutils ; find --version ; cksum --version?

[aniket_920]

both packages are rebuilding.

and these are there --version:

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sys-apps/coreutils-9.8-r1::gentoo
sys-apps/findutils-4.10.0::gentoo

but I don't know how to find 'cksum --version'

and also if possible can you tell which arguments this error is talking about ?

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1137  Error: too many arguments: argc (142) >= MAX_ARGS (128)

thanks!

[Hu]

You can get the output of cksum --version by running cksum --version in the terminal.

The arguments referenced by the error are because some program was given more command line arguments than it was prepared to handle. I made a brief effort to guess which program that would be by examining the source code of likely culprits, but found nothing conclusive.

[aniket_920]

output of 'cksum --version' :

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cksum (GNU coreutils) 9.8
Packaged by Gentoo (9.8-r1 (p0))
Copyright (C) 2025 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
License GPLv3+: GNU GPL version 3 or later <https://gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html>.
This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
There is NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by law.

Written by Pádraig Brady and Q. Frank Xia.

[sam_]

This is from firejail: bug 960936. I strongly recommend not letting it touch all binaries system-wide, just a select few you use as your user.

[aniket_920]

PROBLEM : firejaill is the problem,

SOLUTION :
I follow the 'sam_' advice

I disable the firejail then update the system, and system updated successfully.

To disable the firejail

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firecfg --clean

reference https://bugs.gentoo.org/960936


thanks sam