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Re: `missing' needs patch for Ultrix4.4


From: Akim Demaille
Subject: Re: `missing' needs patch for Ultrix4.4
Date: 19 Mar 2001 10:55:43 +0100
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>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Meyering <address@hidden> writes:

Jim> IMHO, it is always best to `do it right'.  Evaluating `$1' one
Jim> extra time is probably just fine for all current uses of `missing
Jim> --run PROG_AND_ARGS', but someone may well have to use it on a
Jim> program whose name contains spaces.  We shouldn't prohibit that.

In theory, I agree with you, but we are talking about Make too, and
the motto up to now was ``forget about spaces in filenames as Make
makes it impossible''.



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