Re: [BBv2] fix for response file regeneration

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2005-10-30 09:42:29

Reece Dunn <msclrhd_at_[hidden]> writes:

>> It's not much use until we can find a POSIX compiler that supports
>> response files, ne?
>
> Currently, the response file logic I have supplied is in variable.c and 
> this makes use of getTempPath() (that I have made global to share 
> between execnt.c and variable.c). Are you suggesting that (at the 
> moment) they should only be available on NT/CYGWIN (or alternatively, if 
> OPT_RESPONSE is defined). 

I'm suggesting there's no point in writing any special code to make
sure it works on other platforms.

> If so, isn't that going to make some of the language conditional?

Not necessarily.

> Q: Does intel-linux have response file support?
> Q: Does CodeWarrior for the Mac have response file support?

Not that I know of.

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Dave Abrahams
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