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Cygwin gcc build path length requirement
Posted by Anonymous on Mon 4th Dec 2023 07:58
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  1. # document that the Cygwin 3.5 gcc build needs at least 131 characters (260 character MAX_PATH limit!!, minus size for a 8+3(+1) path name at the end)
  2. roland_mainz@wingrendel02 /home/rmainz/tmp/winnfstest/cygwinbuilds/gcc
  3. $ ksh93 -c 'integer pnl pnl_max ; find . | while read pn ; do pnl=${#pn} ; (( pnl_max=fmax(pnl, pnl_max) )) ; done ; printf "max_path_length=%d\n" pnl_max'
  4. max_path_length=131

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