Re: [Boost-build] Windows PowerShell and line limit workaround

From: Felipe Magno de Almeida (felipe.m.almeida_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-01 15:53:49

On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 2:57 PM, Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_[hidden]> wrote:
> On Saturday 29 March 2008 00:41:45 Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:
>  > Hi,
>  >
>  > PowerShell from Microsoft have higher limits, I wonder if it is
>  > possible to configure boost.build to use powershell instead
>  > of cmd.exe for execute commands.
>  > I'm having problems with compile.rc giving actions too long errors
>  > because it doesn't have the @ option as does
>  > the link and cl commands.
>
>  Maybe,
>
>         bjam -sJAMSHELL=<something> <other options will work>

It worked! After modifying execnt.cpp to higher the limit it worked flawlessly.
Or at least it seemed. :)
That is to me a sufficient workaround for the line limit.

>  Please see Boost.Jam docs for explanation what format JAMSHELL should
>  have.
>
>  - Volodya

Thanks,
-- 
Felipe Magno de Almeida