Here's a patch. If PATH_MAX is defined, a static buffer is used. I left
the arbitrary path length version since apparently some systems (HURD)
don't have any limits for PATH_MAX.
In case anyone is mystified how to reproduce the original problem on
OpenSolaris:
# This worked fine:
./python Lib/test/regrtest.py -uall test_posix
# This showed the bug:
./python Lib/test/test_posix.py
The bug could also be reproduced by creating a path name longer than
1024 chars, changing into that directory and attempting to start python.
Antoine, could I ask you to comment on the patch?