From: "Phil Boucherat" <philboucherat AT btinternet DOT com>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Where does command line length limitation come from?
Date: Sat, 3 Mar 2001 21:08:04 -0000
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Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
news:8011-Fri02Mar2001200541+0200-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il...
> > Date: Fri, 2 Mar 2001 17:38:29 +0000
> > From: Philip Boucherat <boucheratp AT teccon DOT co DOT uk>
> >
> > I think that must be the problem as I am using
> > Microsoft NMAKE to invoke the compiler and other tools. From what you
> > say, if I switch over to using GNU make (the DJGPP version), then this
> > problem will go away,
>
> Yes, definitely.  Using the DJGPP port of GNU Make you should be able
> to pass command lines as long as 16KB (expandable up to about 60KB if
> necessary).

Yes, well in that case I made the same mistake with the V2.7.2 compiler from
ftp.lysator.liu.se , which probably, if I was to go back to it would accept
very long command lines from GNU make, and therefore I wouldn't have
bothered to compile the new version.

Anyway, if anyone wants a copy of a GCC V2.952 68K cross-compiler, let me
know and I'll try and put a copy of it somewhere where it can be downloaded.
Next I'm going to try to get it to work with GDB over a serial link. Don't
hold your breath waiting for this one ...

Cheers,

Phil,