[Bioperl-l] Bioperl core 1.4 make error: line too long

[Jason Stajich]

Yeah I guess this can be a problem and why most people use PPM - I  
don't really know what to do wrt windows/dos.  I guess people also  
suggest using cygwin.  Windows users can speak up and say more I hope  
how they have coped.

-jason
On Oct 4, 2004, at 5:35 PM, Nathan Haigh wrote:

> Apologies for my earlier e-mail, I did not research the error number
> before my reply.
>
> It appears that because dos can only accept a maximum of 128 chars on  
> the
> command line and thus throws the error reported earlier when a "make  
> test"
> command is issued. For further info see:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/ 
> vccore/ht
> ml/U1095.asp
>
> I also get a similar error when running "nmake install".
>
> If you need any further info, I can let you know the exact messages
> received.
>
> Nathan
>
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: bioperl-l-bounces at portal.open-bio.org [mailto:bioperl-l-
>> bounces at portal.open-bio.org] On Behalf Of Jason Stajich
>> Sent: 04 October 2004 21:21
>> To: Mike Schuh
>> Cc: Derek Gatherer; bioperl-l at bioperl.org
>> Subject: Re: [Bioperl-l] Bioperl core 1.4 make error: line too long
>>
>> Also check that you have the latest ExtUtils::MakeMaker which is
>> culprit module creating the makefile in the first place and which
>> didn't account for the possibility that there would be packages with  
>> as
>> many modules.
>>
>> Other suggestions have been posted on this topic several times on the
>> mailing list.
>>
>> -jason
>> On Oct 4, 2004, at 4:15 PM, Mike Schuh wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Derek,
>>>
>>> On Mon, 4 Oct 2004, Derek Gatherer wrote:
>>>
>>>> Just upgrading from 1.2.2 to 1.4.
>>>>
>>>> unpacked the core distrib, then:
>>>>
>>>> # perl -w Makefile.PL
>>>>
>>>> ....... [usual list of CPAN modules I don't have]
>>>>
>>>>   Enjoy the rest of bioperl, which you can use after going 'make
>>>> install'
>>>>
>>>> Writing Makefile for Bio
>>>> # make
>>>> Make: line too long.  Stop.
>>>
>>> This is a guess, having not seen your output, etc., but perhaps make
> is
>>> expanding your various environment variables and whatnot ($PATH,  
>>> $LIB,
>>> @INC) and generating a rather huge line.  If this is the case, then
>>> reducing these variables might help.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike Schuh -- Seattle, Washington USA
>>> http://www.farmdale.com
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