Re: [Boost-build] Eliminating windows host pollution?

Subject: Re: [Boost-build] Eliminating windows host pollution?
From: Steven Watanabe (watanabesj_at_[hidden])
Date: 2016-03-31 01:09:52

AMDG

On 03/30/2016 10:58 PM, Kuhl, Brian wrote:
> My workaround is failing on tests with longer names.
> For example:
> ..\boost_1_59_0\bin.v2\libs\core\test\explicit_operator_bool_compile_fail_conv_int.test\gcc-vxworks\debug\binary-format-elf\link-static\target-os-vxworks\threadapi-pthread\explicit_operator_bool_compile_fail_conv_int.log 
> 
> fails to be created due to some windows pathname limit.
> 
> Is there any way to supply parameters to the build without increasing the directory depth?
> 

a) bundle them in a composite feature
b) --abbreviate-paths or --hash

In Christ,
Steven Watanabe