[bug #51202] Report paths > 259 characters long, don't silently cut them

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 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

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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?




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