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authorSteven Knight <knight@baldmt.com>2003-08-04 05:54:20 (GMT)
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When using a long link line in a temporary file, print the command line first. (Gary Oberbrunner) Support a MAXLINELENGTH construction variable so the threshold can be configured in a construction environment.
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@@ -2954,6 +2954,12 @@ General options passed to the M4 macro preprocessor.
.IP M4COM
The command line used to pass files through the macro preprocessor.
+.IP MAXLINELENGTH
+The maximum number of characters allowed on an external command line.
+On Win32 systems,
+link lines longer than this many characters
+are linke via a temporary file name.
+
.IP MSVS
When the Microsoft Visual Studio tools are initialized, they set up
this dictionary with the following keys: