From d3543bc097a8a86190b9f2126a1cee9a9cc98b63 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 1992 23:01:34 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Formerly misc.c.~18~

---
 misc.c | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+)

diff --git a/misc.c b/misc.c
index f04ffe19..059d2dbe 100644
--- a/misc.c
+++ b/misc.c
@@ -596,3 +596,22 @@ child_access ()
   if (setgid (user_gid) < 0)
     pfatal_with_name ("setgid");
 }
+
+#ifdef NEED_GET_PATH_MAX
+unsigned int
+get_path_max ()
+{
+  static unsigned int value;
+
+  if (value == 0)
+    {
+      long int x = pathconf ("/", _PC_PATH_MAX);
+      if (x > 0)
+	value = x;
+      else
+	return MAXPATHLEN;
+    }
+
+  return value;
+}
+#endif