Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Amendment to Path Problems

[Bruce Stephens]

Michael Grubb <address@hidden> writes:

> I'm an idiot.  This is no command length issue(well it may be a
> combination of the two), it is a depth problem.  Windows doesn't
> seem to support more than 23-24 directories deep.  This is a much
> less trivial problem to solve, but for arch to gain widespread
> popularity as CVS has, this problem must be addressed.  For my
> limited skills with C I will be happy to do what I can, I just need
> a nudge in the proper direction.  The bigger question this raises is
> how does this affect overall `arch'itecture?

Has anyone run up against this limit?  If so, how?

Arch adds a constant number of directories to whatever else you'd want
(and then only in revision libraries, I think), and the constant is
something like 4.  So surely nobody's going to get close to 23 unless
they're doing something odd?

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