Repository: incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities Updated Branches: refs/heads/master 3ed895b17 -> e152b671d
Note on building on Windows Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities/repo Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities/commit/e152b671 Tree: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities/tree/e152b671 Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities/diff/e152b671 Branch: refs/heads/master Commit: e152b671dccd7e2d91dbfba4ed610372a7f29ba2 Parents: 3ed895b Author: Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> Authored: Tue May 31 00:00:44 2016 +0100 Committer: Stian Soiland-Reyes <[email protected]> Committed: Tue May 31 00:00:44 2016 +0100 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- README.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities/blob/e152b671/README.md ---------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 4966a52..d069fcf 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -94,6 +94,16 @@ 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 timeconsuming), use:
