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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Amendment to Path Problems
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Bruce Stephens |
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Re: [Gnu-arch-users] Amendment to Path Problems |
Date: |
Tue, 23 Sep 2003 17:00:05 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3 (gnu/linux) |
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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