[vtk-developers] CMake, VTK, & AR problems

[William A. Hoffman]

At 10:35 AM 5/24/2006, Randall Hand wrote:
>As I move from one platform to the next, attempting to compile VTK on windows, Linux, Irix, Tru64, etc.. One problem I consistently run into is "Command line too long" with the massive AR commands.
>
>Is it possible to change the makefiles to process 1 file at a time, appending all the results into the library?  I'm doing this right now for a Windows Install, having to cut-n-paste the list into a batch file to perform the operation.  The single massive commandline makes debugging a pain and keeps causing me grief. 

VTK is building on many platforms each night on the dashboard.   There must
be something different about your environment.   What shell are you using?

-Bill