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

From: Vladimir Prus (ghost_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-04-02 00:55:21

On Tuesday 01 April 2008 23:53:49 Felipe Magno de Almeida wrote:
> 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.

Why should we modify execnt.c? It would be best if we use OS limit as soon
as we know that shell imposes no limitations.

- Volodya