Repository: incubator-taverna-common-activities Updated Branches: refs/heads/master 0943f3308 -> 2be7cd540
Note about building on Windows Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-common-activities/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-common-activities/commit/2be7cd54 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-common-activities/tree/2be7cd54 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-common-activities/diff/2be7cd54 Branch: refs/heads/master Commit: 2be7cd540fc19cfccadd5fd99eebbd754f022cc0 Parents: 0943f33 Author: Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> Authored: Mon May 30 23:57:45 2016 +0100 Committer: Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> Committed: Mon May 30 23:57:45 2016 +0100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-common-activities/blob/2be7cd54/README.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 089ffdd..b306753 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -93,6 +93,16 @@ To build, use This will build each module and run their tests. +## Building on Windows + +If you are building on Windows, ensure you unpack this source code +to a folder with a [short path name](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1880321/why-does-the-260-character-path-length-limit-exist-in-windows) +lenght, e.g. `C:\src` - as +Windows has a [limitation on the total path length](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx#maxpath) +which might otherwise +prevent this code from building successfully. + + ## Skipping tests To skip the tests (these can be time-consuming), use:
