Re: [Boost-users] [bjam] Generated path approaches 255 character OS limit

Subject: Re: [Boost-users] [bjam] Generated path approaches 255 character OS limit
From: Vladimir Prus (vladimir_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-11-06 12:54:59

Steven Watanabe wrote:

> AMDG
> 
> Peter Klotz wrote:
>> When compiling Boost 1.37.0 using this bjam command line under Windows I obtained the error
>> message below:
>>
>> bjam -q -sNO_COMPRESSION=1 --build-type=complete --without-graph --without-math --without-mpi
>> --without-python --without-serialization --without-signals --without-wave --toolset=msvc-8.0
>> architecture=x86 address-model=64
>>
>> failed to write output file
>> 'bin.v2\libs\test\build\msvc-8.0\debug\address-model-64\architecture-x86\asynch-exceptions-on\link-static\runtime-link-static\threading-multi\libboost_prg_exec_monitor-vc80-mt-sgd-1_37.lib.rsp'!
>>
>> Obviously the path I started from (70 characters) combined with the bjam generated path (192
>> characters) exceeds the OS limit of 255 characters per filename.
>>
>> Does the bjam generated path really have to be this long? Can I shorten it somehow?
>>   
> 
> You can pass --abbreviate-paths to bjam

Probably I should just go ahead and implement MD5 paths.

- Volodya