Re: [boost] [build] File / path lengths difficult to manage on Windows

Subject: Re: [boost] [build] File / path lengths difficult to manage on Windows
From: Ben Craig (ben.craig_at_[hidden])
Date: 2013-11-13 10:09:59

> From: Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]>
> On 13.11.2013 18:16, Ben Craig wrote:
> > On a related note, is it unreasonable to ask that an 
--abbreviate-paths
> > build of boost limit itself to 130 characters?  I acknowledge that 
this
> > one is a bit harder to solve as there can be a large number of build
> > "pivots" that all add to the path, but some clients (like me) need to
> > layer other build pivot and version information on top of what boost
> > already provides, and I need some amount of character wiggle room to 
make
> > that happen.
> 
> I suppose you can always build with --hash to trade path readability for
> previty. It will replace all properties with just md5 checksum thereof.
> 
> - Volodya

I was not aware of --hash.  That can do the trick on the build side.  It 
would be nice for --hash and --abbreviate-paths to be documented better, 
but this will do.

The file name lengths in the zip still need to be addressed though.