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Re: directory names with blanks break automake builds
From: |
Peter Simons |
Subject: |
Re: directory names with blanks break automake builds |
Date: |
Sun, 18 May 2008 13:29:47 +0200 |
Bob Proulx writes:
>> [Unpack] any other build into a directory called, say "/tmp/test
>> automake", and run it. In my particular case, the makefiles failed
>> to call the local copy of install-sh because of the blank.
>
> This is a documented limitation. See the following reference.
>
>
> http://www.gnu.org/software/automake/manual/html_node/limitations-on-file-names.html#limitations-on-file-names
I am sorry, but that page doesn't seem to mention this problem at all.
> Using whitespace in filenames has long been an issue for Unix tools
> in general because whitespace is used as an input field separator.
I am sorry, but I have to disagree. Unix tools have no trouble
whatsoever with blanks in file names -- it's humans who have trouble
using them because we tend to forget the necessary quoting.
> This leads to 'make' not being designed to handle filenames with
> whitespace and of course automake tries to produce portable make
> configurations.
I don't know what limitation you refer to. Can you please explain how
make's design causes these problems?
Best regards,
Peter
Re: directory names with blanks break automake builds, Ralf Wildenhues, 2008/05/18