From 5ea2c82e0b714a91a947cb86fc0d0fb56ec9176c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Dave Abrahams <dave@boostpro.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 11:55:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Hack around command-line length limitations

[SVN r18001]
---
 new/gcc.jam | 7 +++++++
 v2/gcc.jam  | 7 +++++++
 2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/new/gcc.jam b/new/gcc.jam
index e93214c7c..951539298 100644
--- a/new/gcc.jam
+++ b/new/gcc.jam
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ rule init ( a1 * : a2 * : a3 * )
     }    
 }
 
+if [ os.name ] = NT
+{
+    # This causes single-line command invocation to not go through
+    # .bat files, thus avoiding command-line length limitations
+    JAMSHELL = % ;  
+}
+
 # Declare generators
 generators.register-linker gcc.link : LIB OBJ : EXE : <toolset>gcc ;
 generators.register-composing gcc.archive : OBJ : STATIC_LIB : <toolset>gcc ;
diff --git a/v2/gcc.jam b/v2/gcc.jam
index e93214c7c..951539298 100644
--- a/v2/gcc.jam
+++ b/v2/gcc.jam
@@ -40,6 +40,13 @@ rule init ( a1 * : a2 * : a3 * )
     }    
 }
 
+if [ os.name ] = NT
+{
+    # This causes single-line command invocation to not go through
+    # .bat files, thus avoiding command-line length limitations
+    JAMSHELL = % ;  
+}
+
 # Declare generators
 generators.register-linker gcc.link : LIB OBJ : EXE : <toolset>gcc ;
 generators.register-composing gcc.archive : OBJ : STATIC_LIB : <toolset>gcc ;