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diff --git a/lib/portage/tests/process/test_spawn_fail_e2big.py b/lib/portage/tests/process/test_spawn_fail_e2big.py
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+# Copyright 2023 Gentoo Authors
+# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
+
+import platform
+import tempfile
+
+from pathlib import Path
+
+import portage.process
+
+from portage import shutil
+from portage.const import BASH_BINARY
+from portage.tests import TestCase
+
+
+class SpawnE2bigTestCase(TestCase):
+    def testSpawnE2big(self):
+        if platform.system() != "Linux":
+            self.skipTest("not Linux")
+
+        env = dict()
+        env["VERY_LARGE_ENV_VAR"] = "X" * 1024 * 256
+
+        tmpdir = tempfile.mkdtemp()
+        try:
+            logfile = tmpdir / Path("logfile")
+            echo_output = "Should never appear"
+            retval = portage.process.spawn(
+                [BASH_BINARY, "-c", "echo", echo_output], env=env, logfile=logfile
+            )
+
+            with open(logfile) as f:
+                logfile_content = f.read()
+                self.assertIn(
+                    "Largest environment variable: VERY_LARGE_ENV_VAR (262164 bytes)",
+                    logfile_content,
+                )
+            self.assertEqual(retval, 1)
+        finally:
+            shutil.rmtree(tmpdir)