From: cherry314159 (cherry314159_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-10-26 20:57:40
--- In jamboost_at_[hidden], Vladimir Prus <ghost_at_c...> wrote:
>
> Thanks! But could you also tell what problems an *end user* will see
> without this patch. It looks like it won't be able to correctly
> determine timestamp of elements of ".lib" archive produced by gcc,
> but then I don't think V2 uses this feature.
>
> - Volodya
Without this patch, jam is unable to find objects whose filename length
is greater than 15 and they are compiler with gcc inside a library.
If this is not used in V2, then this patch is not necessary.
- Jose