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Bug 322918 - eclipse.exe can't find its shared library if the length of shared library path exceed 255 characters
Summary: eclipse.exe can't find its shared library if the length of shared library pat...
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE of bug 240027
Alias: None
Product: Equinox
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Launcher (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 minor (vote)
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Reported: 2010-08-17 11:52 EDT by Meng Xin Zhu CLA
Modified: 2012-02-01 22:18 EST (History)
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Description Meng Xin Zhu CLA 2010-08-17 11:52:09 EDT 
Build Identifier: eclipse 3.6

Java does well to support long path name since 1.5. After jvm is started, java process can load the plugins/classes whose path length exceed 255 characters.
But eclipse.exe doesn't support long path well, it would fail to find its share library.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. create long depth directories, such as c:\blab\...\blabla
2. unzip the eclipse SDK to the long depth folder
3. make sure the length of <inst>\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.0.v20100503\eclipse_1307.dll more than 255 characters
4. launch eclipse.exe
5. get an error dialog that indicates the companion shared library can't be found
Comment 1 Meng Xin Zhu CLA 2012-02-01 22:18:45 EST 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 240027 ***