Re: [jamboost] Need response file support

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-10-21 10:39:21

Patrick Frants <gclbb-jamboost_at_[hidden]> writes:

> Hi,
> 
> I am in need of response file support in our link rule. I found several 
> ways to do it on the jam mailing list, but none seems to work with boost 
> under Linux. 
> 
> Can someone show a modified Link rule for the gcc toolset that should work 
> under Linux?

The problem is that gcc doesn't support response files. I don't think
there's much you can do here.

Well, you could think about putting something like 

`cat $(target).CMD` 

in the g++ command-line. But this is a hack that I wouldn't want to
try. What are you trying to accomplish? Linux doesn't have a
command-line length limitation, which is the reason you normally need
response files under Windows.

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