Re: Changes in lisp/Makefile.in to skip preloaded files

[Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>]

> From: Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 06 Oct 2009 23:00:44 -0400
> 
> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
> 
> > If it was important enough to do for Posix platforms, it is important
> > enough for all platforms, IMO. 
> 
> "non-Posix" platforms supported by Emacs == Windows?

Yes, at least that.  (I simply don't know what other platforms might
have trouble with that.  MSDOS uses the same code as Posix.)

> I have locally implemented your 'echo' idea. I haven't installed it
> because it might break the Windows build, if it can't handle the long
> command line.

You cannot break the Windows build, since Windows does not use any of
the Makefile.in files.

> (What is the length limit?)

It depends on the Windows version and the shell used.  Modern Windows
systems have a 32KB limit, assuming no weird shell is installed.

> Anyway, what was the solution that you had in mind for this?

Is this still an issue, given that you installed a different method?