From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 15622 invoked by alias); 23 May 2003 20:48:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gcc-help@gcc.gnu.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: Sender: gcc-owner@gcc.gnu.org Received: (qmail 15602 invoked from network); 23 May 2003 20:48:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO ns2.jaj.com) (66.93.21.106) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 23 May 2003 20:48:24 -0000 Received: by ns2.jaj.com (Postfix, from userid 1002) id 5410C2D339; Fri, 23 May 2003 16:48:23 -0400 (EDT) Date: Fri, 23 May 2003 20:53:00 -0000 From: Phil Edwards To: Laurent GUERBY Cc: Nathanael Nerode , gcc@gcc.gnu.org Subject: Re: Old bug: the 14-character limit. Message-ID: <20030523204823.GA2713@disaster.jaj.com> References: <20030523193958.GA12758@doctormoo> <1053721320.3886.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1053721320.3886.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i X-SW-Source: 2003-05/txt/msg02145.txt.bz2 On Fri, May 23, 2003 at 10:22:01PM +0200, Laurent GUERBY wrote: > According to my experiments, the longest file name in the gcc source > tree is 48 characters: gnu_java_awt_peer_gtk_GtkCheckboxMenuItemPeer.c > in libjava/jni/gtk-peer/. Like DJ said, we don't care about name length for building, only for installing, and most of us don't even care very much about that. :-) > Is there a documented upper limit on file name length for the gcc tree? > If not is there a common wisdom upper limit? Some versions of (non-GNU) tar have a 100-char limit on certain names. -- If ye love wealth greater than liberty, the tranquility of servitude greater than the animating contest for freedom, go home and leave us in peace. We seek not your counsel, nor your arms. Crouch down and lick the hand that feeds you; and may posterity forget that ye were our countrymen. - Samuel Adams