> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Bunce [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 15 December 2004 14:04 > To: Michael G Schwern > Cc: Nathan Haigh; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: nmake test Line too long > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 06:12:04AM -0500, Michael G Schwern wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 15, 2004 at 10:27:02AM -0000, Nathan Haigh wrote: > > > When I try running 'nmake test' on the Bioperl module I get a line too > > > long error message (shown in full at the bottom). However, I > > > get this message with nmake v1.50 but not with v6. 00.8168.0, which runs > > > the tests ok. I had previously read about OS's which > have a > > > limit of the number of characters that are able to be passed on the > > > command line and assumed ExtUtils-MakeMaker 6.06 or later > > > would/should have fixed this with the split_command sub. However, there > > > must be some difference in the way that nmake 1.50 > and 6.0 > > > deal with this. But since 1.5 is the one that most windows users have, it > > > would make sense to try and deal within > > > ExtUtils-MakeMaker. > > > > Yep, that's a 2800 character command there. > > > > MakeMaker does try to be good about splitting up long commands but I > > never expected tests to be one of those places. I'm not even sure how to > > split it up, test_harness() should be run in one command. > > > > The problem is the Win9x shell (or nmake or whatever's handling the > > commands) > > does not expand globs (as far as I know) so I have to spell it out for it > > on the command line. The only thing I can think of is writing the list of > > files out to a file and having test_harness() read it back in. Yuck. > > Or enable test_harness() to (optionally) expand globs. > > Tim. > --- > avast! Antivirus: Inbound message clean. > Virus Database (VPS): 0451-1, 14/12/2004 > Tested on: 16/12/2004 00:20:40 > avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. > http://www.avast.com > >
Erm, am I being thick!? How do I do this!? Nathan --- avast! Antivirus: Outbound message clean. Virus Database (VPS): 0451-1, 14/12/2004 Tested on: 16/12/2004 00:30:26 avast! is copyright (c) 2000-2003 ALWIL Software. http://www.avast.com
