2009-08-21 20:06 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)

* config/globsh.mk
    + Extended NOTE about max cmdline lenght on nt shells.

  * ChangeLog
    + Added solution to 'move' problem on nt (and other) shells.

harbour/ChangeLog

@@ -17,6 +17,13 @@
    past entries belonging to author(s): Viktor Szakats.
 */
 
+2009-08-21 20:06 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
+  * config/globsh.mk
+    + Extended NOTE about max cmdline lenght on nt shells.
+
+  * ChangeLog
+    + Added solution to 'move' problem on nt (and other) shells.
+
 2009-08-21 19:54 UTC+0200 Viktor Szakats (harbour.01 syenar.hu)
    * source/dynlib/mt/Makefile
    * source/dynlib/Makefile
@@ -66,6 +73,10 @@
   * config/globsh.mk
     - Deleted $(MV) variable with move command.
       (problematic under nt shells)
+      UPDATE: It's problematic because 'move' isn't on the list of
+              known by GNU Make shell commands, so the shell won't
+              automatically be invoked for it, not just on nt, but
+              possibly on any other platforms.
 
   - config/dj-mv.exe
   * config/readme.txt

harbour/config/globsh.mk

@@ -77,7 +77,10 @@ ifeq ($(HB_SHELL),nt)
 # NOTE: According to http://support.microsoft.com/kb/830473
 #       The command line length limit for cmd.exe is 8191 chars
 #       for Windows XP and upper and 2047 for Windows NT and 2000.
-#       [vszakats]
+#       This is true for commands which are recognized as shell
+#       commands (by using an internal list). For the rest
+#       CreateProcess() is used, where where the maximum length
+#       is 32767. [vszakats]
 
 MK := "$(subst \,/,$(MAKE))"
 RM := del /q /f