Taking CMD of bjam (was: <lib> problem resolved)

From: Mark Coletti (mcoletti_at_[hidden])
Date: 2002-11-19 16:39:03

On 19 Nov 2002 11:19:15 GMT, David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Message: 13
> Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2002 17:12:48 -0500
> Subject: Re: <lib> problem resolved
> 
> Mark Coletti <mcoletti_at_[hidden]> writes:
> 
> > However, this brings up a debugging/aesthetics issue. Why separate
> > out the libraries into a file spirited deep away in the "bin"
> > hierarchy? 
> 
> We build .CMD files because Windows has command-line length
> limitations that need to be worked-around.

However, I'm using the cygwin bash shell, and so do not have that
limitation -- unless, even then, the Windoze command shell is invoked
by bjam?

Regardless, you might want to put a side note somewhere explaining
why you had to do the work-around.

Cheers!

Mark
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