[bug #17277] Pathes longer than 128 Chars fail with make under windows

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                 Summary: Pathes longer than 128 Chars fail with make under
windows
                 Project: make
            Submitted by: None
            Submitted on: Donnerstag 03.08.2006 um 13:06 UTC
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Bug
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
       Component Version: 3.79.1
        Operating System: MS Windows
           Fixed Release: None

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Details:

make calls to files with a path longer than 128 chars are not supported under
windows.

This is because of OpenFile method used in w32/subproc/sub_proc.c.
This method supports only 128 chars. 
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/fileio/fs/openfile.asp)

MSDN suggest using CreateFile instead.
(http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/fileio/fs/createfile.asp)

The generated error message looks like:
process_begin: CreateProcess((null), <insert_unresolved_cmd_here>, ...)
failed.







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