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Ned Arnold wrote:
> 
> > We seem to have stumbled on a problem with EPICS_CA_AUTO_ADDR_LIST, in
> > that having more than 5 entries in this list seems to break ca from
> > remote systems, that is, systems on the other side of a router.
> >
> > Has anyone seen anything like this?  I've never had to do much in this
> > area, so it's probably safe to assume that I may not understand the
> > problem.
> >
> > -bill
> >
> 
> I think we wrestled with this back in May'96 and found that there was a
> character limit to the environment variable string. I presume it got fixed
> in a later release ...  Jeff ?????
> 

I checked and a limit was still in there in 3.13. Sorry Ned that I didnt 
get to this last spring. I get many requests of this type.

I removed this limit from 3.13 today and will check in the changes in 
a few days. 

Jeff

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