I suppose the obvious "use shorter paths and names" is not possible or hard to enforce?
David > On Sep 7, 2016, at 2:55 AM, Robert Bielik <robert.bie...@dirac.com> wrote: > > I have a problem with a VS 2015 project, where the build state path becomes > too long: > > Severity Code Description Project File Line Suppression > State > Error MSB3491 Could not write lines to file > "processor_withAVeryVeryLongName.dir\Release\processo.92BD73FC.tlog\processor_withAVeryVeryLongName.lastbuildstate". > The specified path, file name, or both are too long. The fully qualified > file name must be less than 260 characters, and the directory name must be > less than 248 characters. processor_withAVeryVeryLongName C:\Program > Files (x86)\MSBuild\Microsoft.Cpp\v4.0\V140\Microsoft.CppBuild.targets 312 > > The line in Microsoft.CppBuild.targets is: > > <WriteLinesToFile Overwrite="true" File="$(LastBuildState)" > Lines="$(ProjectStateLine);$(ProjectEvaluationFingerprint)"/> > > I've set CMAKE_OBJECT_PATH_MAX to 240, but I don't think it will affect > this... > > Ideas ? > > This is with CMake 3.5.2. > > Regards > /Robert > > -- > > Powered by www.kitware.com > > Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: > http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ > > Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more > information on each offering, please visit: > > CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html > CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html > CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html > > Visit other Kitware open-source projects at > http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html > > Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: > http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake -- Powered by www.kitware.com Please keep messages on-topic and check the CMake FAQ at: http://www.cmake.org/Wiki/CMake_FAQ Kitware offers various services to support the CMake community. For more information on each offering, please visit: CMake Support: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/support.html CMake Consulting: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/consulting.html CMake Training Courses: http://cmake.org/cmake/help/training.html Visit other Kitware open-source projects at http://www.kitware.com/opensource/opensource.html Follow this link to subscribe/unsubscribe: http://public.kitware.com/mailman/listinfo/cmake