Re: [jamboost] Re: Building boost on the RC_1_28_0 branch

From: David Abrahams (david.abrahams_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-05-15 07:36:22

----- Original Message -----
From: "Markus Schöpflin" <markus.schoepflin_at_[hidden]>

> Ouch, I discovered something else. I added the following to the
> Jamrules file:
>
> STLPORT_PATH = <path to STL> ;
> TOOLS = msvc-stlport ;
>
> BUILD = debug release
> <threading>multi
> <runtime-link>dynamic
> <rtti>off
> <stlport-iostream>off
> <stlport-version>4.0
> ;
>
> And now the build fails with the following:
>
> [snip]
>

> The generated directory names are way too long and my NTFS
> filesystem can't handle them... :-(

???

It works fine for me on NTFS. The directory names are not so long at all;
do you mean that the paths are too long (too many directory levels)? I've
never known that to be an issue on NTFS.

-Dave