Ping: @file response file support for make, revised

2008-04-12 Thread Joseph S. Myers
Ping. Any comments yet on my patch to add @file support to GNU make to handle command lines exceeding OS length limits? -- Joseph S. Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Bug-make mailing li

@file response file support for make, revised

2007-09-28 Thread Joseph S. Myers
This patch is a revision of my previous patch adding @file support to GNU make, as discussed at and . This version will use @file with temporary files created by make to pass down options to

Re: @file response file support for make

2007-03-19 Thread Paul Smith
On Mon, 2007-03-19 at 15:36 +, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > Now done. Great; thanks! -- --- Paul D. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Find some GNU make tips at: http://www.gnu.org http://make.pau

Re: @file response file support for make

2007-03-19 Thread Joseph S. Myers
On Mon, 19 Mar 2007, Paul Smith wrote: > This seems like a very useful additional feature. > > Can you please add this patch to the Savannah project for GNU make, so > we don't lose track of it? > > https://savannah.gnu.org/patch/?func=additem&group=make Now done. https://savannah.gnu.org/

Re: @file response file support for make

2007-03-18 Thread Paul Smith
On Thu, 2006-09-07 at 20:49 +, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > There is a de facto standard solution to this problem, which is that a > command line argument of the form "@file" causes arguments to be read from > "file" (a "response file") if it exists. (If "file" doesn't exist, > "@file" is take

RE: Ping Re: @file response file support for make

2007-03-18 Thread Dave Korn
On 18 March 2007 20:49, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > Ping. Any views on this patch or the principle of this feature > ? > I think it's eminently sensible. The @-file is increasingly a standard convention. cheers, DaveK

Ping Re: @file response file support for make

2007-03-18 Thread Joseph S. Myers
Ping. Any views on this patch or the principle of this feature ? On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Joseph S. Myers wrote: > Sometimes you wish to invoke a program with too many or too long arguments > to fit in ARG_MAX. For example, I have a

@file response file support for make

2006-09-08 Thread Joseph S. Myers
Sometimes you wish to invoke a program with too many or too long arguments to fit in ARG_MAX. For example, I have a case where a script wishes to invoke make with many -o options. There is a de facto standard solution to this problem, which is that a command line argument of the form "@file" c