Re: Old bug: the 14-character limit.

[Andris Pavenis <pavenis at latnet dot lv>]

On Friday 23 May 2003 22:51, DJ Delorie wrote:
> > Are we still trying to preserve 14-character/8.3 uniqueness for
> > building GCC (at least for C; C++ and Java libraries have other
> > standards)?  I was under the impression that we were, but I couldn't
> > find it documented anywhere.
>
> I don't think there are any old SYSV systems still around that have
> the 14 character limit.
>
> For DJGPP (the one remaining 8.3 system), we've accepted the fact that
> an LFN-capable system is required for building, but still require 8.3
> compatibility in the *installed* files (i.e. you need LFN to build,
> but not to use).  This includes C++ and Java.

For C++ includes a part of files which names are incompatible with 
8+3 system (eg. ones which contains '+', or may not be unique on such system)
are renamed and corresponding header.gcc files is generated to provide 
possibility to use the original names. Also the name of directory where C++ 
includes are installed is changed.

Currently Java is not supported for DJGPP (perhaps compiler would still
build, but runtime is not ported at all). I don't see possibility of changes 
unless somebody will work on this.

Andris