From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 17806 invoked by alias); 24 May 2003 14:12:46 -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 14614 invoked from network); 24 May 2003 14:11:05 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mx1.redhat.com) (66.187.233.31) by sources.redhat.com with SMTP; 24 May 2003 14:11:05 -0000 Received: from int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (int-mx1.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.254]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h4OEB5H09589; Sat, 24 May 2003 10:11:05 -0400 Received: from post-office.corp.redhat.com (post-office.corp.redhat.com [172.16.52.227]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h4OEB5I09663; Sat, 24 May 2003 10:11:05 -0400 Received: from greed.delorie.com (dj.cipe.redhat.com [10.0.0.222]) by post-office.corp.redhat.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id h4OEB5Z08596; Sat, 24 May 2003 10:11:05 -0400 Received: (from dj@localhost) by greed.delorie.com (8.11.6/8.11.6) id h4OEB4J20365; Sat, 24 May 2003 10:11:04 -0400 Date: Sat, 24 May 2003 14:23:00 -0000 Message-Id: <200305241411.h4OEB4J20365@greed.delorie.com> From: DJ Delorie To: guerby@acm.org CC: gcc@gcc.gnu.org In-reply-to: <1053767326.3886.101.camel@localhost.localdomain> (message from Laurent GUERBY on 24 May 2003 11:08:47 +0200) Subject: Re: Old bug: the 14-character limit. References: <20030523193958.GA12758@doctormoo> <1053721320.3886.43.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200305232053.h4NKrKZ16422@greed.delorie.com> <1053724644.3886.91.camel@localhost.localdomain> <200305232131.h4NLVge17262@greed.delorie.com> <1053767326.3886.101.camel@localhost.localdomain> X-SW-Source: 2003-05/txt/msg02192.txt.bz2 > - As far as we're not too far from 100 (portential tar limit) or 250 > characters (more common limit on modern file systems) > for files needed during the build, and that includes DJGPP, right? > (I don't know DJGPP, so I assume there's some distinction > between build and use once installed.) Yes. The thing about DJGPP is it supports two filesystem APIs, "short file names" (SFN, or 8.3) and "long file names" (LFN). Not all Windows OSs provide LFN services, and some DOS systems have LFN drivers. In general, though, it's acceptable to require that someone BUILDING a gnu package make the effort to obtain LFN services. > - If one wants to install a compiler on a platform, 8+3 name > uniqueness for all files to be installed is required for the > compiler to be useable under the DJGPP platform. Yes, because for USING a gnu package it is unacceptable to require LFN services. Dosemu, for example, cannot provide them for a shared linux partition.