>>>>> On Mon, 03 Jul 2023, Florian Schmaus wrote:

> So pkgcheck counting EGO_SUM entries would be sufficient for the
> purpose of having a static check that notices if the ebuild would
> likely run into the environment limit?

> To find a common compromise, I would possibly invest my time in
> developing such a test. Even though I do not deem such a check a
> strict prerequisite to reintroduce EGO_SUM.

The so-called "environment limit" is 32 pages, i.e. normally 128 KiB.
With the A variable anywhere near this, the size of the Manifest file
would be close to 1 MiB.

IMHO this is way too large to be used on a regular basis. I am aware
that we have some packages with large Manifests (71 packages above
50 KiB, 6 packages above 200 KiB, out of 18812 packages in total),
but these should really remain the exception.

Ulrich