[Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #13001: Very Long Paths

Subject: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #13001: Very Long Paths
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2017-05-01 18:13:12

#13001: Very Long Paths
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 Reporter:  lists@…           |      Owner:  johnmaddock
     Type:  Bugs              |     Status:  new
Milestone:  To Be Determined  |  Component:  regex
  Version:  Boost 1.63.0      |   Severity:  Problem
 Keywords:                    |
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 In the regex documentation there are multiple files with >150 character
 path lengths.

 This isn't a problem in many installs. However on windows where there is a
 maximum path length limit of 256 characters, this doesn't leave a lot of
 breathing room for environments that don't put their boost install very
 near to the root of their drive.

 All the files with issues in regex are in the docs in the
 background_information\performance directory, the longest being 184 chars
 at:
 .\libs\regex\doc\html\boost_regex\background_information\performance\section_Testing_simple_leftmost_longest_matches_platform_Windows_x64_compiler_Microsoft_Visual_C_version_14_0_.html

 All these long (>150 char) paths could be fixed by:
 1) Rename the "background_information" directory to "background"
 2) Rename the "performance" directory to "perf"
 3) Remove the "section_Testing_" prefix to all the files in the perf
 directory.

 Regex isn't the library with the longest (limiting) path length in boost,
 but if Geometry fixes its github issue #396, then regex would be the long-
 pole.

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/13001>
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