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Posted to commits@taverna.apache.org by st...@apache.org on 2016/05/30 23:00:48 UTC
incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities git commit: Note on
building on Windows
Repository: incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities
Updated Branches:
refs/heads/master 3ed895b17 -> e152b671d
Note on building on Windows
Project: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities/repo
Commit: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities/commit/e152b671
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Diff: http://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-taverna-workbench-common-activities/diff/e152b671
Branch: refs/heads/master
Commit: e152b671dccd7e2d91dbfba4ed610372a7f29ba2
Parents: 3ed895b
Author: Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org>
Authored: Tue May 31 00:00:44 2016 +0100
Committer: Stian Soiland-Reyes <st...@apache.org>
Committed: Tue May 31 00:00:44 2016 +0100
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This will build each module and run their tests.
+## Building on Windows
+
+If you are building on Windows, ensure you unpack this source code
+to a folder with a [short path name](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1880321/why-does-the-260-character-path-length-limit-exist-in-windows)
+lenght, e.g. `C:\src` - as
+Windows has a [limitation on the total path length](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa365247%28VS.85%29.aspx#maxpath)
+which might otherwise
+prevent this code from building successfully.
+
+
## Skipping tests
To skip the tests (these can be timeconsuming), use: