"Aleksey Gurtovoy" <agurtovoy@meta-comm.com> writes:
David Abrahams writes:
Aleksey Gurtovoy <agurtovoy@meta-comm.com> writes:
What should we do about the following Boost.Build toolsets which filename's length exceeds 31 characters:
tools/build/v1/como-win32-4.3.3-vc7.1-tools.jam tools/build/v1/intel-win32-7.1-vc6-stlport-4.5.3-tools.jam
?
Sorry to state the obvious, but... shorten the names?
How exactly? Every part of the name carries essential information that cannot be omitted without disabling other possible configurations.
Simple; we just change the build/test system to allow the abstract toolset name to differ from the filename. The file could contain the actual toolset name if neccessary: icl-7.1-vc6-stlport-4.5.3-tools.jam: toolset-name intel-win32-7.1-vc6-stlport-4.5.3 ; extends-toolset intel-win32 ; ... -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting http://www.boost-consulting.com