Re: [Boost-build] --abbreviate-paths

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2007-10-27 16:03:01

David Abrahams wrote:

> 
> on Sat Oct 27 2007, Vladimir Prus <ghost-AT-cs.msu.su> wrote:
> 
>> Dave,
>> in working on Python port I've run accross --abbreviate-path
>> option, apparently added by you.
> 
> I'm pretty sure you knew about it:
> http://lists.boost.org/boost-build/2007/01/16028.php

At some point, probably. 

>> There' no documentation for it, either in docs or in code so I
>> wonder if you intend that to be a permanent solution for long paths
>> issue, or that's a workaround for some specific issue you had, or
>> what.
>>
>> Can you clarify?
> 
> The message cited above should do that.

Thanks. It would be still nice if that was documented, but it's too late.

BTW, that email mentions SCons -- does it go via something else but shell,
and by bjam can go the same route?

- Volodya