> From: Paul Smith <psm...@gnu.org> > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:19:53 -0400 > Cc: Xan Lopez <x...@gnome.org>, bug-make@gnu.org > > Remember that we actually have this problem in spades on other systems, > like Windows, where the command line length if far SHORTER than Linux.
Perhaps you think about the 127-character limitation in DOS. The way Make invokes programs on Windows allow command lines up to 32KB. (If the command being invoked is the stock Windows shell cmd.exe, it has a smaller built-in limitation: 8KB.) Even the DOS port of Make supports up to 16KB. That might still be ``far SHORTER than Linux'' (I assume you mean Bash on Linux), but maybe it's enough to stop talking about problems with long command lines. _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make
