[RTEMS Project] #2992: Long path crashes the RSB when listing a directory.

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#2992: Long path crashes the RSB when listing a directory.
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 Reporter:  Chris Johns  |       Owner:  Chris Johns
     Type:  defect       |      Status:  assigned
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.11.2
Component:  RSB          |     Version:  4.11
 Severity:  major        |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  RSB          |
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Comment (by Chris Johns):

 I have looked into this issue in detail and it is complicated. At the
 heart of the problem is the inherent path limit in the WIN32 API which is
 documented in [https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-
 us/library/windows/desktop/aa365247(v=vs.85).aspx Naming Files, Paths, and
 Namespaces]. There is also [https://bugs.python.org/issue27731 Python
 Issue 27731] which details how Python will respond.

 I see a couple of solution, one complicated and full of potential issues
 which others have solved, for example the MSYS2 shell, and the second is a
 simple hack. The complex solution is to step down to the Win32 API and
 selectively use Win32 API calls that support the Unicode extension to let
 the RSB work. I feel this is a lot of work and difficult to get to work.
 The second solution is to generate a script and to run it and let the
 shell on the host manage the issue. The RSB needs a shell to build most
 packages so it has to be present.

 We see the long file name issue when coping a tree and removing a tree.

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