URL: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51202>
Summary: Report paths > 259 characters long, don't silently cut them Project: make Submitted by: None Submitted on: Thu 08 Jun 2017 05:16:44 AM UTC Severity: 3 - Normal Item Group: Enhancement Status: None Privacy: Public Assigned to: None Open/Closed: Open Discussion Lock: Any Component Version: 4.2.1 Operating System: MS Windows Fixed Release: None Triage Status: None _______________________________________________________ Details: I bumped into an issue where MinGW's make would complain about failed dependencies: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/35381034/make-says-no-rule-to-make-target-when-i-try-to-compile-a-qt-application-for-a After some investigation I realised it's because of the infamous Windows path length problem. I understand it's not make's duty to fix or work around it but please, could 'make' at least complain that given path is simply too long for given platform and abort without any further misleading errors? _______________________________________________________ Reply to this item at: <http://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?51202> _______________________________________________ Message sent via/by Savannah http://savannah.gnu.org/ _______________________________________________ Bug-make mailing list Bug-make@gnu.org https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-make