Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 13:05:15 +0200 (IST)
From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il>
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To: Richard Legner <rlegner AT whitehorse DOT net>
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Subject: Re: MAKEing trouble
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On Tue, 23 Feb 1999, Richard Legner wrote:

>  When I enter a command that takes more than a certain number of
>  characters (I think its around 120 or so) it does not get executed
>  properly and make stops running.

This can only happen if the Makefile invokes non-DJGPP programs.  When 
DJGPP programs are invoked, Make should be able pass it very long command
lines (up to 16KB), unless you use a port of very old (before 3.75) 
version of Make.  The compiler and the linker are DJGPP programs, so you 
shouldn't have any such problems with them.

The DJGPP FAQ explains this issue at length in sections 16.4-16.6.