From f07a9e43e8167f5091a1f0f951a3c4cb2e571313 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Russ Cox <rsc@golang.org>
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 2009 14:52:29 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] os test: do not use symlink > 255 bytes.

Fixes #62.

R=r
https://golang.org/cl/152080
---
 src/pkg/os/os_test.go | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/pkg/os/os_test.go b/src/pkg/os/os_test.go
index 3066d57265..57081afb4e 100644
--- a/src/pkg/os/os_test.go
+++ b/src/pkg/os/os_test.go
@@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ func TestSymLink(t *testing.T) {
 
 func TestLongSymlink(t *testing.T) {
 	s := "0123456789abcdef";
-	s = s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s;
+	// Long, but not too long: a common limit is 255.
+	s = s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s + s;
 	from := "longsymlinktestfrom";
 	err := Symlink(s, from);
 	if err != nil {
-- 
2.50.0