This bug report has some relevant discussion and a workaround: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1323381
Cheers, Botond On Mon, Jul 1, 2019 at 12:20 AM Paul Schauble <paul.schau...@gmail.com> wrote: > > The Mozilla build system for Windows has an undocumented dependency on > support for 8.3 short file and directory names. > > My first attempt at building TBird failed with these messages: > ------------------------ > 0:28.45 checking for the Debug Interface Access SDK... > C:/PROGRA~2/MIB055~1/2019/COMMUN~1/DIA SDK > 0:28.46 checking for mt... > 0:28.46 DEBUG: mt: Trying mt.exe > 0:28.47 ERROR: GetShortPathName returned a long path name. Are 8dot3 > filenames disabled? > 0:28.57 *** Fix above errors and then restart with\ > 0:28.57 "c:/mozilla-build/bin/mozmake.EXE -f client.mk build" > 0:28.60 mozmake.EXE: *** [client.mk:150: configure] Error 1 > ------------------------- > > On Windows, I think since XP, the support for short names is configurable. It > can be disabled. Short names are both a performance hit and a security > problem. On recent Windows 10 builds, Microsoft has short name support turned > off by default. You can enable it after installation, but enabling it at that > point will not assign short name to files or directories that are already > created. > > There is no practical way to assign short names to existing file and > directories. > > In summary, I'm making the case that depending on short name support is a bad > idea. I'll donate effort towards removing the dependency if I can get > helpfrom people who know the build system. > > So, what say you? > > ++PLS > _______________________________________________ > dev-builds mailing list > dev-builds@lists.mozilla.org > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-builds _______________________________________________ dev-builds mailing list dev-builds@lists.mozilla.org https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/dev-builds
