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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: GNU Emacs Arch repos
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Miles Bader |
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[Gnu-arch-users] Re: GNU Emacs Arch repos |
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Tue, 06 Jul 2004 13:38:21 +0900 |
"Dhruva Krishnamurthy" <address@hidden> writes:
>> It sounds like you're running into windows problems -- as I understand
>> it, windows has various limitations on filename length etc. that can
>> cause problems for arch (since arch sometimes uses very long filenames).
>
> I guess you are right. I am suspecting the "tar.exe" on windoze. It
> fails on
> mkdir: file/path too long error!
> Ex:
> tar:
> emacs--cvs-trunk--0--base-0/{arch}/emacs/emacs--tiling/emacs--tiling--0/address@hidden/patch-log:
> Cannot mkdir: File or path name too long
> I tried creating the same folder using "mkdir.exe -p" and it worked
> fine!! Hence, I feel it is a tar limitation rather than
> GNU Arch (tla) limitation. What is _your_ opinion?
I don't really know, I don't use windows, but your diagnosis sounds reasonable.
> I have GNU tar sources which I have built on CYGWIN. May be I will fix
> this short comming and give it a try.
That sounds like a good thing to try. You might also check the arch
wiki and see if there is any advice there:
http://wiki.gnuarch.org/
-Miles
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